Graphiurus nagtglasii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	GLIRIDAE

Scientific Name:	Graphiurus nagtglasii
Species Authority	Jentink, 1888
Synonym/s:	Graphiurus hueti

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Grubb, P. & Schlitter, D.

Evaluator/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, it occurs in a number of protected areas, has a tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category

History:

2004

–

Least Concern (IUCN 2004)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is widely distributed in West Africa and western Central Africa. It ranges from eastern Sierra Leone and Guinea to southern Nigeria and Cameroon, with a record from the border of Central African Republic and Congo. It ranges as far south as (possibly) Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni) and northern Gabon.
Countries:	Native: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Ghana; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone Presence uncertain: Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	It is infrequently recorded.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is an inhabitant of tropical moist forest and old farm bush habitat, where it lives in small groups occupying hollow trees (or holes in trees) (Grubb et al., 1998). It is nocturnal and seldom seen.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The threats to this species are not well known. However, as it is present in farmbush, it appears to be able to tolerate some habitat disturbance and is presumed to have no major threats. It is used as a subsistence food, although the impact of this collection on populations is not known.

Major Threat(s):

The threats to this species are not well known. However, as it is present in farmbush, it appears to be able to tolerate some habitat disturbance and is presumed to have no major threats. It is used as a subsistence food, although the impact of this collection on populations is not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is probably present in several protected areas, including the Mount Nimba Reserve.

Conservation Actions:

It is probably present in several protected areas, including the Mount Nimba Reserve.

Citation:	Grubb, P. & Schlitter, D. 2008. Graphiurus nagtglasii. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2008.
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