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Small-eared Dormouse
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G. microtis
Binomial name
Graphiurus microtis
(Noack, 1887)

The small-eared dormouse (Graphiurus microtis) is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

  • Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. Pp. 819-841 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Schlitter, D. & Grubb, P. 2004. Graphiurus microtis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.

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