Eliomys Explained

Eliomys (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἡλίομυς Hēlíomus) is a genus of rodent in the family Gliridae, commonly known as garden dormice.

It 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.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Mansino. Samuel. García-Alix. Antonio. Ruiz-Sánchez. Francisco. Montoya. Plinio. 2014. A new Eliomys from the Upper Miocene of Spain and its implications for the phylogeny of genus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 10.4202/app.00014.2013. free.