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The woodland dormouse (Graphiurus murinus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. [2] It is native to southern and eastern Africa and is also known as the African dormouse , African dwarf dormouse , African pygmy dormouse , or colloquially as micro squirrel .
The Chapa pygmy dormouse or Vietnamese pygmy dormouse (Typhlomys cinereus chapensis) is a rodent endemic to Vietnam. It is listed as a critically endangered species. It is often considered a separate species, but is now recognized as a subspecies of the Chinese pygmy dormouse (T. cinereus).
The rodent family Platacanthomyidae, or Oriental dormice, includes the spiny dormice and the Chinese pygmy dormice. In spite of their appearance, these animals are not true dormice , but are part of the large and complex superfamily Muroidea .
A dormouse is a rodent of the family Gliridae (this family is also variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by different taxonomists). Dormice are nocturnal animals found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. They are named for their long, dormant hibernation period of six months or longer. [2]
The Chinese pygmy dormouse grows to a head-and-body length of about 67 to 90 mm (2.6 to 3.5 in) with a tail of one and half times its body-length. It has prominent, nearly hairless ears and white whiskers. The dorsal fur is dark greyish-brown and the underparts are grey with white-tipped hairs.
Family Platacanthomyidae (spiny dormouse and pygmy dormice) Family Spalacidae (fossorial muroids) Subfamily Myospalacinae ; Subfamily Rhizomyinae (bamboo rats and root rats) Subfamily Spalacinae (blind mole rats) Clade Eumuroida – typical muroids Family Calomyscidae. Subfamily Calomyscinae (mouse-like hamsters) Family Nesomyidae
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They included it in the rat and mouse family Muridae but later proposed placing it in a new family allied to the dormice (Myoxidae or Gliridae). By 1947, they had concluded that it should be placed in the dormouse subfamily Leithiinae. [3] Relationship of the desert dormouse to other dormice based on mitochondrial DNA after Petrova et al. 2024: [4]