DAMARALAND DORMOUSE 



the mother Dormouse had carried them there, 

 evidently having been threatened by some danger, 

 or finding the spider's nest a cosier home. 



Although, like the previous species, the tail-tip 

 of the Dwarf Dormouse is white, yet it can easily 

 be distinguished from it by its smaller size. 

 Darling's Dormouse is about \\ inches long, 

 exclusive of tail, while the Dwarf Dormouse is 

 slightly less than 3^ inches. 



In colour it is lighter than Darling's Dormouse, 

 the brown shade being much less apparent. From 

 the roots of the whiskers to the eye and around it, 

 is a black patch. Tail is slender at the base, and 

 bushy ; club-shaped and white at the tip. 



DAMARALAND DORMOUSE 



(Grapbiurus kelleni) 



THE only record of this species in South Africa is 

 from South- West Africa. It is similar in size and 

 general appearance to the Dwarf Dormouse, but 

 differs in the hairs on the back, having pale rings 

 with dark brown tips. 



There are ten species and one local race of Dor- 

 mice recorded from South Africa. Those not 

 already mentioned are as follows : 

 Graphiurus pretoria. 

 ,, streeteri. 

 ,, eastwoodfs. 



griselda. 



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