Ailuravus
| Ailuravus Temporal range: Early to Middle Eocene | |
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| Ailuravus macrurus and Strigogyps sapea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Eutheria |
| (unranked): | Euarchontoglires |
| Superorder: | Glires |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ischyromyidae |
| Subfamily: | Ailuravinae |
| Genus: | Ailuravus Rütimeyer, 1891 |
| Species: | A. macrurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ailuravus macrurus | |
Ailuravus macrurus skeleton
Ailuravus macrurus ("Big-tailed Cat-ancestor") was a primitive, squirrel-like rodent, one of the earliest known rodents, from the Messel pit Lagerstätte, in Germany. It lived during the Eocene period of Europe, in forests, and may have been arboreal.