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Eliomys

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Eliomys (Greek: Ἡλίομυς Hēlíomus) is a genus of rodent in the family Gliridae.[1]

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. ^ 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. ^ a b 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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Eliomys: Brief Summary

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Eliomys (Greek: Ἡλίομυς Hēlíomus) is a genus of rodent in the family Gliridae.

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.

Fossil species assigned to Eliomys include:

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