Eliomys
Genus of rodents
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Eliomys (Ancient Greek: Ἡλίομυς 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.[1]
| Eliomys Temporal range: | |
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| Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Leithiinae |
| Genus: | Eliomys Wagner, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Eliomys melanurus Wagner, 1840 | |
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| Distribution of Eliomys | |
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.[2]
Fossil species assigned to Eliomys include:[2]
- †Eliomys truci
- †Eliomys yevesi
- †Eliomys intermedius
- †Eliomys assimilis
- †Eliomys lafarguei
- †Eliomys reductus
