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Graphiurus platyops |
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Rock Dormouse |
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Length: about 18 cm (with a tail of 7 cm), weight: 45 g. Pelage is soft, light grey above and white below. Has dark markings on the face. Tail is long, bushy and has a white tip. |
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Rocky areas. |
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Nocturnal and solitary. |
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Seeds, insects and small invertebrates. |
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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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