Mammals and their associated lice

Mammal taxonomy from Wilson and Reeder, 1992
Common names, and phylogenetic sequence from Wilson and Cole, 2000
Chewing Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C Dalgleish
Anoplura taxonomy (in red) from Durden and Musser, 1994

conventions:
Host probably extinct = †
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "

Rodentia - Rodents

Myoxidae - Dormice

Genera of lice known from the family:

Schizophthirus [Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae]

Graphiurinae

Graphiurus - African Dormice

Graphiurus christyi Dollman, 1914 - Chrysty´s Dormouse
Graphiurus crassicaudatus (Jentink, 1888) - Jentink´s Dormouse
Graphiurus hueti Rochebrune, 1883 - Huet´s Dormouse

Schizophthirus aethogliris Kuhn and Ludwig, 1965 *

Graphiurus kelleni (Reuvens, 1890) - Kellen´s Dormouse

Schizophthirus graphiuri Ferris, 1922

Graphiurus lorraineus Dollman, 1910 - Lorrain Dormouse
Graphiurus microtis (Noack, 1887) - Small-eared Dormouse
Graphiurus monardi (St. Leger, 1936) - Monard´s Dormouse
Graphiurus murinus (Desmarest, 1822) - Woodland Dormouse

Schizophthirus graphiuri Ferris, 1922 *

Graphiurus ocularis (Smith, 1829) - Speckacled Dormouse
Graphiurus olga (Thomas, 1925) - Olga´s Dormouse
Graphiurus parvus (True, 1893) - Savanna Dormouse
Graphiurus platyops Thomas, 1897 - Rock Dormouse
Graphiurus rupicola (Thomas and Hinton, 1925) - Stone Dormouse
Graphiurus surdus Dollman, 1912 - Silent Dormouse

Leithiinae

Dryomys - Forest Dormice

Dryomys laniger Felten and Storch, 1968 - Woolly Dormouse
Dryomys nitedula (Pallas, 1778) - Forest Dormouse

Schizophthirus dryomydis Blagoveshtchensky, 1965 *

Schizophthirus jaczewskii Cais, 1974 *

Schizophthirus pleurophaeus (Burmeister, 1839)

Dryomys sichuanensis (Wang, 1985) - Chinese Dormouse

Eliomys - Garden Dormice

Eliomys melanurus (Wagner, 1839) - Asian Garden Dormouse
Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Garden Dormouse

Schizophthirus pleurophaeus (Burmeister, 1839) *

Myomimus - Mouse-tailed Dormice

Myomimus personatus Ognev, 1924 - Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Myomimus roachi (Bate, 1937) - Roach´s Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Myomimus setzeri Rossolimo, 1976 - Setzer´s Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Selevinia

Selevinia betpakdalaensis Belosludov and Bazhanov, 1939 - Desert Dormouse

Myoxinae

Glirulus

Glirulus japonicus (Schinz, 1845) - Japanese Dormouse

Muscardinus

Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hazel Dormouse

Schizophthirus pleurophaeus (Burmeister, 1839)

Myoxus

Myoxus glis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Fat Dormouse

Schizophthirus gliris Blagoveshtchensky, 1965 *

Schizophthirus pleurophaeus (Burmeister, 1839)

Last revised: 18 November, 2003

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