Eliomys
Genus of rodents
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::summary Genus of rodents ::
| fossil_range = | image = Eliomys quercinus01.jpg | image_caption = Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) | taxon = Eliomys | authority = Wagner, 1840 | range_map = Eliomys range map.png | range_map_caption = Distribution of Eliomys | type_species = Eliomys melanurus | type_species_authority = Wagner, 1840 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Eliomys melanurus
Eliomys ( Hēlíomus) is a genus of Palaearctic rodents in the family Gliridae, commonly known as garden dormice.
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
References
- Reumer J.W.F. 2001. Gliridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Zuurland boreholes near Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Deinsea 8: 41-47
References
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- Mansino, Samuel. (2014). "A new Eliomys from the Upper Miocene of Spain and its implications for the phylogeny of genus". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
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