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Glires
Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent
Dormouse (Gliridae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Clade: Gliriformes
Grandorder: Glires
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders

Glires (Latin glīrēs, dormice) is a clade (sometimes ranked as a grandorder) consisting of rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, and pikas). The hypothesis that these form a monophyletic group has been long debated based on morphological evidence, although recent morphological studies strongly support the monophyly of Glires.[1][2] In particular, the discovery of new fossil material of basal members of Glires, particularly the genera Mimotona, Gomphos, Heomys, Matutinia, Rhombomylus, and Sinomylus, has helped to bridge the gap between more typical rodents and lagomorphs.[2][3] Data based on nuclear DNA support Glires as a sister of Euarchonta to form Euarchontoglires,[4][5] but some genetic data from both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA have been less supportive.[6] A study investigating retrotransposon presence/absence data unambiguously supports the Glires hypothesis.[7] Recent studies place Scandentia as sister of the Glires, invalidating Euarchonta.[8][9]

Euarchontoglires

Scandentia (treeshrews)

Glires

Rodentia (rodents)

Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, pikas)

Primatomorpha

References

  1. ^ Meng & Wyss 2001.
  2. ^ a b Meng 2003.
  3. ^ Asher 2005.
  4. ^ Murphy 2001.
  5. ^ Madsen 2001.
  6. ^ Arnason 2002.
  7. ^ Kriegs 2007.
  8. ^ Meredith, Robert W.; Janečka, Jan E.; Gatesy, John; Ryder, Oliver A.; Fisher, Colleen A.; Teeling, Emma C.; Goodbla, Alisha; Eizirik, Eduardo; Simão, Taiz L. L. (2011-10-28). "Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification". Science. 334 (6055): 521–524. doi:10.1126/science.1211028. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 21940861.
  9. ^ Zhou, Xuming; Sun, Fengming; Xu, Shixia; Yang, Guang; Li, Ming (2015-03-01). "The position of tree shrews in the mammalian tree: Comparing multi-gene analyses with phylogenomic results leaves monophyly of Euarchonta doubtful". Integrative Zoology. 10 (2): 186–198. doi:10.1111/1749-4877.12116. ISSN 1749-4877.