Eliomys
Appearance
Eliomys | |
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Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Gliridae |
Subfamily: | Leithiinae |
Genus: | Eliomys Wagner, 1840 |
Species | |
Distribution of Eliomys |
Eliomys (Greek: Ἡλίομυς Hēlíomus) is a genus of rodent in the family Gliridae.
It contains the following species:
- Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus
- Maghreb garden dormouse, Eliomys munbyanus
- Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus
- Briellian dormouse, Eliomys briellensis +
References
- 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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