Kellen's dormouse

Kellen's dormouse (Graphiurus kelleni) is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is native to Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and moist and dry savanna.

Kellen'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. kelleni
Binomial name
Graphiurus kelleni (Reuvens, 1890)
Synonyms
olga (Thomas, 1925) parvus(True, 1893)

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. & Grubb, P. 2008. Graphiurus kelleni Archived 6 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. accessed on 18 August 2009.

Other websites

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Data related to Kellen's dormouse at Wikispecies