Eliomys

Eliomys (Ancient Greek: Ἡλίομυς Hēlíomus) is a genus of Palaearctic rodents in the family Gliridae, commonly known as garden dormice.^[1]

Eliomys Temporal range: Tortonian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Species
Eliomys melanurus Eliomys munbyanus Eliomys quercinus
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