Eliomys

<i>Eliomys</i>

Eliomys

Genus of rodents

Eliomys (Greek: Ἡλίομυς Hēlíomus) is a genus of rodent in the family Gliridae, commonly known as garden dormice.[1]

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It contains the following extant species:

The earliest records of the genus are known from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) of the Iberian Peninsula.[2]

Fossil species assigned to Eliomys include:[2]

  • †Eliomys truci
  • †Eliomys yevesi
  • †Eliomys intermedius
  • †Eliomys assimilis
  • †Eliomys lafarguei
  • †Eliomys reductus

References

  1. [1]
    Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. [2]
    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.
  • Reumer J.W.F. 2001. Gliridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Zuurland boreholes near Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Deinsea 8: 41-47
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