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SOUTH AFRICAN MAMMALS 



on either side = 20 ; the incisor teeth are grooved. 

 The Dormice are of arboreal habits and of a greyish 

 colour. Trouessart, in his " Catalogus Mammalium," 

 only mentions three species for South Africa, while 



FIG. 27. Cape Dormouse. 



Mr. W. L. Sclater describes five in his " Fauna of South 

 Africa : Mammals," vol. ii. Since the appearance of the 

 latter work a few more species have been described, 

 notably by Roberts of the Transvaal Museum, including 

 Graphiurus pretorifs, from Pretoria, and Graphiurus 

 castwoodce, from the Woodbush. The commoner species 

 are : 



