Glirulus
| Glirulus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Glirinae |
| Genus: | Glirulus Thomas, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Myoxus japonicus[1] Schinz, 1845 | |
| Species | |
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.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ ICZN (2001). "Myoxus japonicus Schinz, 1845 (currently Glirulus japonicus; Mammalia, Rodentia): specific name conserved as the correct original spelling" (pdf). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 58 (2): 159–160.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
