Graphiurus (Graphiurus) rupicola Thomas and Hinton 1925

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Gliridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 819-840 : 828

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Graphiurus (Graphiurus) rupicola Thomas and Hinton 1925
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Graphiurus (Graphiurus) rupicola Thomas and Hinton 1925 View in CoL

Graphiurus (Graphiurus) rupicola Thomas and Hinton 1925 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1925: 232.

Type Locality: Namibia, Karibib, 3842 ft. (1171 m) .

Vernacular Names: Rupicolous African Dormouse.

Synonyms: Graphiurus (Graphiurus) australis ( Shortridge and Carter 1938) ; Graphiurus (Graphiurus) kaokoensis ( Roberts 1938) ; Graphiurus (Graphiurus) montosus ( Thomas and Hinton 1925) .

Distribution: Angola (M. E. Holden, unpubl.), Namibia ( Thomas and Hinton, 1925) and NW South Africa ( Shortridge and Carter, 1938), in a narrow strip from Mt Soque, Angola, south to Port Nolloth and Eenriet in Little Namaqualand, South Africa (see also Roberts, 1951).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Graphiurus . Ellerman et al. (1953) and Genest-Villard (1978) listed rupicola as a subspecies of G. platyops , but Roberts (1951) recognized it as a distinct species, a position followed here based on my study of museum specimens, including holotypes. The northern distributional limit for G. rupicola was previously thought to be Kamanjab, Namibia, but I found two specimens from Mt Soque, Angola (in FMNH) that represent G. rupicola . Reviewed by Rossolimo et al. (2001) and Holden (In Press). See comments under G. monardi regarding enigmatic specimens from Dilolo, Dem. Rep. Congo.

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Gliridae

Genus

Graphiurus

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Graphiurus (Graphiurus) rupicola Thomas and Hinton 1925

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Graphiurus (Graphiurus) rupicola

Thomas and Hinton 1925: 232
1925
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