Glirulus

Glirulus is a genus of dormouse. The only extanct species is the Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) but fossil species indicate that the genus was widespread in Europe in the past.[1][2]

Glirulus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Subfamily: Glirinae
Genus: Glirulus
Thomas, 1906
Species
  • Glirulus japonicus
  • †Glirulus conjunctus
  • †Glirulus diremptus
  • †Glirulus ekremi
  • †Glirulus lissiensis
  • †Glirulus minor
  • †Glirulus pusillus

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. Freudenthal, M.; Martin-Suárez, E.M. (2013). "New ideas on the systematics of Gliridae (Rodentia, Mammalia)". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. 28 (2): 239–252. doi:10.7203/sjp.28.2.17857.
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