Christy's dormouse

Christy's dormouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Gliridae
Genus:	Graphiurus
Species:	G. christyi
Binomial name
*Graphiurus christyi* Dollman, 1914

Christy's dormouse (Graphiurus christyi) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

Grubb, P. & Schlitter, D. 2008. Graphiurus christyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 August 2009.
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.

Extant species of family Gliridae (Dormice)

Graphiurus
(African dormice)

Chaetocauda	Chinese dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis)

Dryomys (Forest dormice)	Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)

Eliomys	Asian garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus) Maghreb garden dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus) garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)

Muscardinus	Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)

Myomimus	Masked mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus personatus) Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus setzeri)

Selevinia	Desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)

Glirulus	Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)

Glis	Edible dormouse (Glis glis)

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