Graphiurus crassicaudatus

(Jentink, 1888)

Thick-tailed African Dormouse

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

Jentink, F.A. 1888. Zoological researches in Liberia. A list of mammals, collected by J. Büttikofer, C. F. Sala and F. X. Stampfli, with biological observations. Notes from the Leyden Museum 10:1-58.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622329

Original name as described

Claviglis crassicaudatus

Other common names

Jentink's African Dormouse

Type material

RMNH.MAM.26639

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26639.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26639.b

Type locality

Hill Town, Du Queah River, Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Cote d'Ivoire · Equatorial Guinea · Ghana · Guinea · Liberia · Nigeria · Togo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001509

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Claviglis crassicaudatus

Jentink, 1888

Family

Gliridae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.26639

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Du Queah River (Büttikofer and Stampfli).

Type locality

Liberia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26639.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26639.b

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622329

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

Allen & Coolidge (1930:595, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Allen (1939:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Eliomys crassicaudatus:

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Gliridae

Root name

crassicaudatus

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 crassicaudatus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Gliridae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Heim de Balsac & Bellier (1967:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58093)
Corbet & Hill (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Schlitter, Robbins & Williams (1985:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52403210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31042)
Corbet & Hill (1991:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Holden (1993:763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69027)
Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
Happold (2013:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9481/115093196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Graphiurus crassicaudatus dorotheae

Dollman, 1912

Family

Gliridae

Root name

dorotheae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.1.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Oban District, Southern Nigeria

Type locality

Nigeria.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9fb4330b-6c1b-405c-9cd7-f696128b5ce7

Authority page

312

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639069

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Claviglis crassicaudatus crassicaudatus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Gliridae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782205

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Claviglis crassicaudatus dorotheæ:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Gliridae

Root name

dorotheae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782205

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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