Glirulus

Glirulus; Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
	Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Gliridae
Subfamily:	Glirinae
Genus:	Glirulus; Thomas, 1906
Species
	Glirulus japonicus; †Glirulus conjunctus; †Glirulus diremptus; †Glirulus ekremi; †Glirulus lissiensis; †Glirulus minor; †Glirulus pusillus;

Glirulus is a genus of dormouse. The only extant species is the Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) but fossil species indicate that the genus was widespread in Europe in the past.^[1]^[2]

References

^ M. E. Holden 1993. Family Myoxidae. In “Mammal Species of the World”. Ed by E. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder , editors. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington. pp. 763–770
^ Freudenthal, M.; Martin-Suárez, E.M. (2013). "New ideas on the systematics of Gliridae (Rodentia, Mammalia)". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. 28 (2): 239–252. doi:10.7203/sjp.28.2.17857.

[1] M. E. Holden 1993. Family Myoxidae. In “Mammal Species of the World”. Ed by E. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder , editors. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington. pp. 763–770

[2] Freudenthal, M.; Martin-Suárez, E.M. (2013). "New ideas on the systematics of Gliridae (Rodentia, Mammalia)". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. 28 (2): 239–252. doi:10.7203/sjp.28.2.17857.

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