Glirulus

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
Type species
Myoxus javanicus Schinz, 1845
Species
Glirulus japonicus † Glirulus conjunctus † Glirulus diremptus † Glirulus ekremi † Glirulus lissiensis † Glirulus minor † Glirulus pusillus

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

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 .