Spectacled dormouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Spectacled dormouse Graphiurus ocularis Least concern

Where the spectacled dormouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 6 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Graphiurus ocularis
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Gliridae

Where does the spectacled dormouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the spectacled dormouse in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the spectacled dormouse endangered?

The spectacled dormouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the spectacled dormouse?

The spectacled dormouse (Graphiurus ocularis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Gliridae, genus Graphiurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the spectacled dormouse

The spectacled dormouse or namtap (Graphiurus ocularis) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae, and one of four dormouse species endemic to South Africa.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Spectacled dormouse (revision 1340227405), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1769932 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).