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Jentink's Dormouse
Graphiurus (Claviglis) crassicaudatus (Jentink, 1888)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Graphiurus crassicaudatus Map
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Open encyclopedia reference
Jentink's dormouse (Graphiurus crassicaudatus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Togo, and possibly Benin, Equatorial Guinea, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist lowland forests.
Wikipedia contributors, Jentink's dormouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:55:07.908813+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Graphiurus (Claviglis) crassicaudatus (Jentink, 1888)
- Name authority
- (Jentink, 1888)
- Common name
- Jentink's Dormouse
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Gliridae
- Genus
- Graphiurus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderSciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
- familyGliridae Muirhead, 1819
- subfamilyGraphiurinae Winge, 1887
- genusGraphiurus Smuts, 1832
- subgenusClaviglis Jentink, 1888
- speciesGraphiurus (Claviglis) crassicaudatus (Jentink, 1888)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Graphiurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Verheyen's African DormouseGraphiurus (Claviglis) walterverheyeni Holden & Levine, 2009 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) murinus (Desmarest, 1822) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lorrain DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) lorraineus Dollman, 1910 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) angolensis de Winton, 1897 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large Savanna African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) microtis (Noack, 1887) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flat-headed African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) platyops Thomas, 1897 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Christy's African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) christyi Dollman, 1914 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Graphiurus crassicaudatus dorotheae Dollman, 1912 Dollman, 1912 | synonym |
| Claviglis crassicaudatus Jentink, 1888 Jentink, 1888 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=584953 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6KRCW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.