Graphiurus platyops

O. Thomas, 1897

Flat-headed 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

Thomas, O. 1897-04-01. On a new dormouse from Mashunaland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)19(112):388-389.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267868

Original name as described

Graphiurus platyops

Other common names

Rock Dormouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.2.16.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bc02178d-7602-4121-bea9-3e153c0f3565

Type locality

Enkeldorn, Mashonaland, southern Zimbabwe.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zambia · Malawi · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001518

Country distribution map

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Graphiurus platyops

O. Thomas, 1897

Family

Gliridae

Root name

platyops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.2.16.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bc02178d-7602-4121-bea9-3e153c0f3565

Authority page

388

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267868

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:457, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Hayman (1963:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
Corbet & Hill (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:561, 562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Holden (1993:765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69027)
Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
Happold (2013:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9491/115093934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Graphiurus Eastwoodae

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Gliridae

Root name

eastwoodae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439538

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
Allen (1939:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Gliriscus angolensis jordani

(A. Roberts, 1929)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

jordani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Allen (1939:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Gliriscus platyops

(G. M. Allen, 1939)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

platyops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

313

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782210

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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