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Muscardinus avellanarius (hazel dormouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Mus avellanarius was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Muscardinus avellanarius by Thomas (1911) and Daams and de Bruijn (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mus avellanarius Linnaeus p. 62
1911Muscardinus avellanarius Thomas p. 147
1995Muscardinus avellanarius Daams and de Bruijn p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilyGliroideaMuirhead 1819
familyGliridaeMuirhead 1819
subfamilyGlirinaeThomas 1897
genusMuscardinusKaup 1829
speciesavellanarius()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Muscardinus avellanarius Linnaeus 1758 [hazel dormouse]
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Linnaeus 1758Mus cauda elongata pilosa, corpore rufo, gula albicante