Subgenus Graphiurus. Schlitter et al. (1985) discussed taxonomic problems associated with the small dormice occurring in savannah woodlands of West, East, and Southern Africa. Holden (1993) provisionally recognized three species: G. kelleni, G. olga and G. parvus. My recent comparisons of museum specimens, including holotypes of all the synonyms listed, and results of preliminary multivariate analyses indicate that only one species of small-bodied African savannah dormouse can be diagnosed solely on the basis of cranial morphology: Analyses showed that olga is morphologically indistinguishable from West and East African parvus, and Angolan and Zambian kelleni cannot be discriminated on the basis of morphometric characters from samples of populations that include parvus and olga.

Gautun et al. (1985) reported G. murinus from the vicinity of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, but based on the distributions and habitat preferences of G. murinus, G. microtis and G. kelleni, the specimen likely represents G. kelleni. Description and comparison of the vocal repertoire of G. kelleni was reported by Hutterer and Peters (2001). Karyotype of Niger sample with 2n = 70 (Dobigny et al., 2002b; reported as parvus). Reviewed by Rossolimo et al. (2001) and Holden (In Press).