Eliomys
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Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Gliridae |
Subfamily: | Leithiinae |
Genus: | Eliomys Wagner, 1840 |
Type species | |
Eliomys melanurus
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Species | |
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Distribution of Eliomys |
Eliomys (Greek: Ἡλίομυς Hēlíomus) is a genusofrodent in the family Gliridae, commonly known as garden dormice.[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]
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