Eliomys

Eliomys ( 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

References

• Reumer J.W.F. 2001. Gliridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Zuurland boreholes near Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Deinsea 8: 41-47

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