NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Large Savanna African Dormouse
Graphiurus (Graphiurus) microtis (Noack, 1887)
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 microtis Map
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Open encyclopedia reference
The small-eared dormouse (Graphiurus microtis) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Wikipedia contributors, Small-eared dormouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:59:08.057357+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Graphiurus (Graphiurus) microtis (Noack, 1887)
- Name authority
- (Noack, 1887)
- Common name
- Large Savanna African 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) microtis (Noack, 1887)
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 |
| Lorrain DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) lorraineus Dollman, 1910 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) angolensis de Winton, 1897 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Eliomys microtis Noack, 1887 Noack, 1887 | 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=584957 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:6L3CX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.