What is Namtap?
{{Taxobox | name = Namtap | image = SpectacledDormouse.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammalia]] | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | familia = [[Gliridae]] | genus = ''[[Graphiurus]]'' | species = '''''G. ocularis''''' | binomial = ''Graphiurus ocularis'' | binomial_authority = ([[Andrew Smith (zoologist)|Smith]], 1829) | synonyms = }} The '''namtap''' or '''spectacled dormouse''' (''Graphiurus ocularis'') is a species of [[rodent]] in the [[Gliridae]] family, and one of the four Dormouse species which are [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[South Africa]]. The namtap has a bushy tale like a [[squirrel]], a fairly short muzzle (the part of the Dormouse's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws), small ears and soft fur. Its face has white and grey marks, with dark rings (like [[spectacles]]) around its eyes. Its cheeks, underparts and the upper surfaces of its paws are white. Its tail is usually has a white tip. It is only found in western [[South Africa]]. It can usually be found in rocky habitats, as well as in trees and outbuildings. It is [[nocturnal]] and it is good at climbing. It mainly eats seeds, other plant material and [[invertebrates]]. ==References== * {{cite book| last1 = Stuart| first1 = Chris| last2 = Stuart| first2 = Tilde| title = Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sdY_sa1FPw0C&pg=PA92| year = 2001| publisher = Struik| isbn = 978-1-86872-537-3| page = 92}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * Coetzee, N., Griffin, M. & Grubb, P. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/9488/all Graphiurus ocularis]{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007. * 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.