Graphiurus (Graphiurus) platyops Thomas 1897

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) platyops Thomas 1897
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Graphiurus (Graphiurus) platyops Thomas 1897 View in CoL

Graphiurus (Graphiurus) platyops Thomas 1897 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 19: 388.

Type Locality: S Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Enkeldorn .

Vernacular Names: Flat-headed African Dormouse.

Synonyms: Graphiurus (Graphiurus) eastwoodae Roberts 1913 ; Graphiurus (Graphiurus) jordani Roberts 1929 .

Distribution: Eastern and E Southern Africa: Malawi ( Ansell and Dowsett, 1988), E Zambia ( Ansell, 1978), Zimbabwe ( Smithers and Wilson, 1979), Botswana ( Smithers, 1971), Mozambique (Smithers and Lobão Tello, 1976) and South Africa ( de Graaff, 1981; Rautenbach, 1982; Roberts, 1951; Smithers, 1983).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Graphiurus . Does not include angolensis , dasilvai or parvulus (see comments under G. angolensis and G. rupicola ). Previously thought to occur in C Botswana ( De Graaff 1981), but my measurements of that specimen are well outside the range of G. platyops , and are concordant with those of Southern African populations of G. microtis . A specimen in the Amathole (formerly Kaffrarian) Museum, King William’s Town, is labeled as the holotype of " Gliriscus angolensis albicaudatus Roberts ". Apparently the name albicaudatus was never formally published (F. Kigozi, pers. comm.). Possibly A. Roberts labeled the specimen with the intention of describing it (the specimen was originally part of the Albany Museum collection). The specimen represents G. platyops , and is from Isoka, Zambia, the type locality of G. platyops jordani Roberts. Reviewed by Rossolimo et al. (2001) and Holden (In Press).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Gliridae

Genus

Graphiurus

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Graphiurus (Graphiurus) platyops Thomas 1897

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

Graphiurus (Graphiurus) platyops

Thomas 1897: 388
1897
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