Leithiinae

Leithiinae is a subfamily of dormice. It is named after the Leithia, an extinct genus of giant dormouse from the Pleistocene of Sicily.

Classification

Subfamily Leithiinae

• Genus Chaetocauda
• Chinese dormouse, Chaetocauda sichuanensis
• Genus Dryomys
• Woolly dormouse, Dryomys laniger
• Balochistan forest dormouse, Dryomys niethammeri
• Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula
• Genus Eliomys, garden dormice
• Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus
• Maghreb garden dormouse, Eliomys munbyanus
• Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus
• Genus Hypnomys† (Balearic dormouse)
• Hypnomys morphaeusâ€Â
• Hypnomys mahonensisâ€Â
• Genus Leithiaâ€Â
• Genus Muscardinus
• Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius
• Genus Myomimus, mouse-tailed dormice
• Masked mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus personatus
• Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi
• Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus setzeri
• Genus Selevinia
• Desert dormouse, Selevinia betpakdalaensis

Phylogeny

Cladogram of dormice after Petrova et al. 2024:

References

• Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. pp. 819–841 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.