Maghreb garden dormouse

Maghreb garden dormouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Genus: Eliomys
Species: E. munbyanus
Binomial name
Eliomys munbyanus
(Pomel, 1856)[1]
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 family Gliridae.[7][8] It is found in Algeria, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara. Its natural habitats vary from humid forests to semi-deserts.[6][9]

References

  1. ↑ CR Hebdomadaire des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences, 42: 653.
  2. ↑ Eliomys lerotina Lataste 1885. ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
  3. ↑ Eliomys lerotina. Ubio.org (2006-04-13). Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
  4. ↑ Eliomys tunetae. Ubio.org (2006-04-13). Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
  5. ↑ Eliomys tunetae. ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
  6. 1 2 Eliomys munbyanus. Mammal Species of the World. bucknell.edu
  7. ↑ Don E. Wilson; DeeAnn M. Reeder (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. pp. 833–. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
  8. ↑ Eliomys munbyanus. Encyclopedia of Life. Eol.org. Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
  9. ↑ Amori, G., Aulagnier, S., Hutterer, R., Kryštufek, B., Yigit, N., Mitsain, G. & Palomo, L.J. (2008). Eliomys munbyanus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.

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