Glirulus
Genus of rodent
title: "Glirulus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rodent-genera", "mammal-genera-with-one-living-species", "taxa-named-by-oldfield-thomas", "dormice"] description: "Genus of rodent" topic_path: "general/rodent-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glirulus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of rodent ::
| image = ヤマネのアップ.JPG | image_caption = Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) | fossil_range = Miocene - Recent | taxon = Glirulus | authority = Thomas, 1906 | type_species = Myoxus javanicus | type_species_authority = Schinz, 1845 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *Glirulus japonicus
- †Glirulus conjunctus
- †Glirulus diremptus
- †Glirulus ekremi
- †Glirulus lissiensis
- †Glirulus minor
- †Glirulus pusillus
Glirulus is a genus of dormouse. The only extant species is the Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) but fossil species indicate that the genus was widespread in Europe in the past.
References
References
- M. E. Holden 1993. Family Myoxidae. In “Mammal Species of the World”. Ed by E. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, editors. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington. pp. 763–770
- (2013). "New ideas on the systematics of Gliridae (Rodentia, Mammalia)". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology.
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