Glirulus

Genus of rodent


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::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 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

  1. 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
  2. (2013). "New ideas on the systematics of Gliridae (Rodentia, Mammalia)". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology.

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