Maghreb Garden Dormouse | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Gliridae |
Genus: | Eliomys |
Species: | E. munbyanus |
Binomial name | |
Eliomys munbyanus (Pomel, 1856)[1] |
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Distribution of Eliomys munbyanus | |
Synonyms | |
Eliomys denticulatus (Ranck, 1968), Eliomys lerotina (Lataste, 1885)[2][3], Eliomys occidentalis (Thomas, 1903), Eliomys tunetae (Thomas, 1903)[4][5][6] |
The Maghreb Garden Dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus) is a nocturnal species of rodent in the Gliridae family.[7][8] It is found in Algeria, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara.[9] Its natural habitats vary from humid forests to semi-deserts.[10][11]