Myomimus Ognev 1924 (dormouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Synonym: Philistomys Bate 1937

Parent taxon: Gliridae according to A. van de Weerd 1973

See also Daams and de Bruijn 1995 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Armantomys, Bransatoglirinae, Dryomyinae, Gliravinae, Glirinae, Glirurus, Graphiurops, Graphiurus, Leithia, Leithiinae, Mioglis, Myomiminae, Paraglirulus, Paraglis, Peridyromys, Plesiodyromys, Praearmantomys, Schizogliravus, Stertomys, Suevoglis, Tenuiglis

Subtaxa: Myomimus aquatilis Myomimus bulgaricus Myomimus dehmi Myomimus judaicus Myomimus maritsensis Myomimus multicrestatus Myomimus personatus Myomimus qafzensis Myomimus roachi Myomimus setzeri Myomimus sinensis Myomimus sumbalenwalicus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (9 collections), Israel (6), Turkey (1)

• Pliocene of China (2), Greece (8)

• MN 13 of Greece (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (2)

• Miocene of Austria (2), France (1), Greece (7), Italy (1), Pakistan (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (11), Turkey (3)

Total: 57 collections including 61 occurrences

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