Eliomys
Eliomys (Greek: Ἡλίομυς Hēlíomus) is a genus of rodent in the family Gliridae.
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| Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Leithiinae |
| Genus: | Eliomys Wagner, 1840 |
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It contains the following extant species:
- Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus
- Maghreb garden dormouse, Eliomys munbyanus
- Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus
The earliest records of the genus are known from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) of the Iberian Peninsula.[1]
Fossil species assigned to Eliomys include:[1]
- †Eliomys truci
- †Eliomys yevesi
- †Eliomys intermedius
- †Eliomys assimilis
- †Eliomys lafarguei
- †Eliomys reductus
References
- Mansino, Samuel; García-Alix, Antonio; Ruiz-Sánchez, Francisco; Montoya, Plinio (2014). "A new Eliomys from the Upper Miocene of Spain and its implications for the phylogeny of genus". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00014.2013.
- Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. pp. 819–841 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Reumer J.W.F. 2001. Gliridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Zuurland boreholes near Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Deinsea 8: 41-47
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