Graphiurus kelleni

(Reuvens, 1890)

Kellen's African Dormouse

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Location:Czech Republic, West Bohemia, Zoological and Botanical Park Pilsen (Plzen)Date taken:May 15, 2005

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4828

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Gliridae
Subfamily : Graphiurinae
Genus : Graphiurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Reuvens, C.L. 1890. Die Myoxidae oder Schlaefer. Ein Beitrag zur Osteologie und Systematik der Nagethiere. P.W.M. Trap, Leiden, 80 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14819041

Original name as described

Eliomys kelleni

Type material

RMNH.MAM.26638

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26638.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26638.b

Type locality

"Damara-land, " Mossamedes District, south-western Angola. Modified by C. L. Reuvens to "Damara-land" in "Süd West Afrika" (= Namibia). Corrected by J. E. Hill and T. D. Carter in 1941 to "Damara-land" in south-western Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Mali · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Sudan · Ethiopia · South Sudan · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001511

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 30 names and synonyms.

Eliomys kelleni

(Reuvens, 1890)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

kelleni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.26638

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26638.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26638.b

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14819041

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)

Eliomys parvus

(F. W. True, 1893)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:21005 (= USNM:MAMM:A36056)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3801dc6f1-5499-48b9-970a-35ee97216c44

Authority page

601

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15780969

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Myoxus (Eliomys) nanus

(de Winton, 1897)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

799

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200846

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Eliomys nanus

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435000

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)

Graphiurus nanus

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Gliridae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

934

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988175

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:934, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Trouessart (1904:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Wroughton (1907:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)

Graphiurus parvus

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Gliridae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

934

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988175

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:934, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Trouessart (1904:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Osgood (1910:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10414)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Holden (1993:765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69027)
  8. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)

Graphiurus kelleni

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Gliridae

Root name

kelleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423232

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Holden (1993:764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69027)
  3. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
  4. Happold (2013:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9483/115093358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Graphiurus brockmani

Dollman, 1910

Family

Gliridae

Root name

brockmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

287

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094712

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Graphiurus parvus dollmani

Osgood, 1910

Family

Gliridae

Root name

dollmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:16722

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=0a8814d7-b9e8-4ea0-84bf-5f17a9661c2a

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462173

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1910:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10414)
  2. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Graphiurus personatus

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Gliridae

Root name

personatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164827

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e776fdb3-2564-48bf-94e1-da57a942f39c

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813458

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

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