Stone dormouse

Stone Dormouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Gliridae
Genus:	Graphiurus
Species:	G. rupicola
Binomial name
Graphiurus rupicola (Thomas & Hinton, 1925)

The stone dormouse (Graphiurus rupicola) is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is found in Namibia, South Africa, and sometimes in Angola. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

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. & Coetzee, N. 2004. Graphiurus rupicola Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.

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