Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Alternative combination: Muscardinus pliocaenicus austriacus

Full reference: F. Bachmayer and R. W. Wilson. 1970. Die Fauna der altpliozänen Höhlen- und Spaltenfüllungen bei Kohfidisch, Burgenland (Österreich)- Small Mammals (Insectivora, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) from the Kohfidisch Fissures of Burgenland, Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 74:533-587

Belongs to Muscardinus according to F. Bachmayer and R. W. Wilson 1980

See also Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 and Daxner-Höck and de Bruijn 1981

Sister taxa: Muscardinus avellanarius, Muscardinus crusafonti, Muscardinus cyclopeus, Muscardinus dacicus, Muscardinus davidi, Muscardinus heintzi, Muscardinus helleri, Muscardinus hispanicus, Muscardinus pliocaenicus, Muscardinus sansaniensis, Muscardinus thaleri, Muscardinus vallesiensis, Muscardinus vireti, Eomuscardinus sansaniensis

Type specimen: NHMW 1970/1300 mandible dext with p4-m1

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kohfidisch (Miocene of Austria)

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