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Graphiurus kelleni

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA RODENTIA GLIRIDAE

Scientific Name: Graphiurus kelleni
Species Authority (Reuvens, 1890)
Common Name/s:
English – Kellen's Dormouse
Synonym/s:
Graphiurus ansorgei
Graphiurus cuanzensis
Graphiurus olga
Graphiurus parvus

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s Schlitter, D. & Grubb, P.
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, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
History:
2004 – Data Deficient (IUCN 2004)
1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is widely distributed throughout much of Subsaharan Africa. It ranges from Senegal and Gambia, through much of West Africa (including a seemingly disjunct record from Niger), with few records in Central Africa north of Angola, to East Africa where it is found from Ethiopia and Somalia southwards to northern Tanzania. It is found as far south as eastern Zimbabwe, Malawi and central Mozambique. It is found up to at least 2,400 m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Angola; Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Somalia; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Range Map:
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Population [top]

Population: It is generally a common species.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species has been recorded from a range of moist and dry savanna habitats and tropical dry forests or woodland.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no major threats to this widespread species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: This species occurs in several protected areas. Additional studies are needed to better determine the taxonomy, distribution and natural history of this species.
Citation: Schlitter, D. & Grubb, P. 2008. Graphiurus kelleni. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 November 2008.
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