NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



1. The tibia and fibula (the two lower leg bones) are united at 



their extremities. 



2. The zygomatic or cheek arch is slender. There are no 



postorbital processes defining the posterior edge of the 

 eye socket. 



The Dormice inhabit Africa, Europe and Asia, with the excep- 

 tion of India and the Malay States. 



South African species 



1. Graphiurus ocularis, A. Smith. Large Grey Dormouse. 



2. Graphiurus murinus, Desm. Cape Dormouse. 



3. Graphiurus murinus tzaneenensis, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., 



iv. 1913, p. 79. 



4. Graphiurus platyops, Thos. Darling's Dormouse. 



5. Graphiurus nanus, de Wint. Dwarf Dormouse. 



6. Graphiurus kelleni, Reuv. Damaraland Dormouse. 



7. Graphiurus griselda, Schw. P.Z.S., 1906, i. p. 105. 



8. Graphiurus griselda pretoria, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 



I9 r 3> P- 79- 



9. Graphiurus streeteri, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 1913, 



p. 80. 



10. Graphiurus eastwood.ee, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 1913, 



p. 80. 



11. Graphiurus woosnami, Dollman. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 



Ser. 8, vi. 1910, p. 396. 



Family : MURID;E 



Sub-family : Gerbillina 



(The Gerbilles) 



Small rat-like animals with long hind limbs and long hairy tails. 

 Molar teeth in the adults transversely laminated ; upper incisor 

 teeth with a longitudinal groove. 



Gerbilles are spread over the greater part of the Old World. 

 They occur plentifully in South Africa. 



South African species 



1. Gerbillus pceba typicus, A. Smith. Red Gerbille. 



2. Gerbillus pceba schinzi, Noack. Zoo/. Jahrb., 4, p. 134. pi. iii, 



figs. 13-16 (1889). 



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