Jentink's dormouse facts for kids
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G. crassicaudatus
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| Graphiurus crassicaudatus (Jentink, 1888)
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Jentink's dormouse (Graphiurus crassicaudatus) is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is found in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo. It is also sometimes found in Benin, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
- Grubb, P. & Schlitter, D. 2004. Graphiurus crassicaudatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- 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.
See also
In Spanish: Graphiurus crassicaudatus para niños
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