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Graphiurus ocularis |
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Spectacled Dormouse |
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Length: about 25 cm (with a tail of 10 cm), weight: 80 g. Pelage is soft, grey above and white below. Chin, cheeks and the top of its muzzle are white. A black mask runs from the ears to the snout. Tail is long, bushy and has a white tip. |
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Rocky and wooded areas.
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Nocturnal and solitary. Lives in nests placed in trees. |
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Insects, seeds, small invertebrates and sometimes lizards. |
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Females give birth to a litter of 4 to 6 young. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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