What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Common African Dormouse been recorded?

Graphiurus murinus occurrence evidence comes from 556 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1905 to 2025. Most records come from Tanzania.

MammaliaRodentiaGliridaeGraphiurus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

556 records across 17 countries and territories, 1905–2025.

Graphiurus murinus · GBIF taxon key 5219911

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19052025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Common African Dormouse has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Common African Dormouse. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Tanzania 201
Kenya 104
DR Congo 43
South Africa 42
Burundi 35
Malawi 31
Botswana 23
Uganda 19
Namibia 16
Angola 12
Ghana 8
Mozambique 7
Nigeria 6
Zambia 3
Côte d'Ivoire 2
Ethiopia 2
Zimbabwe 2
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.