Biology:Glirulus
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Short description: Genus of rodent
| Glirulus Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
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| Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Glirinae |
| Genus: | Glirulus Thomas, 1906 |
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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.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259784263.
Wikidata ☰ Q12258567 entry
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