Silent dormouse

The silent dormouse (Graphiurus surdus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

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.
Schlitter, D. 2004. Graphiurus surdus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.

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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