Eliomys
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Eliomys (Ancient Greek: Ἡλίομυς Hēlíomus) is a genus of Palaearctic rodents in the family Gliridae, commonly known as garden dormice, a name most commonly applied to the European species Eliomys quercinus.
Species
Eliomys 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
- Reumer J.W.F. 2001. Gliridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Zuurland boreholes near Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Deinsea 8: 41-47
External links
- Media related to Eliomys at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Eliomys at Wikispecies