What is Woodland dormouse?
<!-- This article was originally auto-generated on the English Wikipedia by [[en:User:Polbot]]. --> {{Taxobox | name = Woodland dormouse | image = Graphiurus murinus Plzen zoo 02.2011.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | regnum = [[Animalia]] | classis = [[Mammalia]] | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | familia = [[Gliridae]] | genus = ''[[Graphiurus]]'' | binomial = ''Graphiurus murinus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest|Desmarest]], 1822) | synonyms = }} The '''woodland dormouse''' (''Graphiurus murinus'') is a species of [[rodent]] in the [[Gliridae]] family. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to (lives only in) [[South Africa]]. It is also known as the ''African dwarf dormouse'', the ''African pygmy dormouse'' or the ''Micro squirrel''.<ref>A complete guide to the African Pygmy Dormouse http://www.geocities.com/pygmydormouse/index.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022122846/http://geocities.com/pygmydormouse/index.htm |date=2009-10-22 }}</ref> They are sometimes kept as pets, but they are harder to look after than other pet rodents.<ref>African pygmy dormouse care at Crittery http://www.crittery.co.uk/dormice.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216164318/http://crittery.co.uk/dormice.php |date=2011-02-16 }}</ref> Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[subtropical]] or [[tropical]] moist [[montane]]s and [[river]]s. ==References== <references/> * Baxter, R. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/9487/all Graphiurus murinus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122091022/http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/9487/all |date=2008-11-22 }}. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007. *Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. pp.&nbsp;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. {{Gliridae nav}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Graphiurus]]