NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Lorrain Dormouse
Graphiurus (Graphiurus) lorraineus Dollman, 1910
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 lorraineus Map
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Lorrain dormouse (Graphiurus lorraineus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical, moist, lowland forests, moist savanna, and plantations .
Wikipedia contributors, Lorrain dormouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:18:45.050098+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Graphiurus (Graphiurus) lorraineus Dollman, 1910
- Name authority
- Dollman, 1910
- Common name
- Lorrain 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
- subgenusGraphiurus Smuts, 1832
- speciesGraphiurus (Graphiurus) lorraineus Dollman, 1910
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 |
| Jentink's DormouseGraphiurus (Claviglis) crassicaudatus (Jentink, 1888) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) murinus (Desmarest, 1822) | 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 spurrelli Dollman, 1912 Dollman, 1912 | 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=584956 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:6KRD9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.