Muscardinus dacicus Kormos 1930 (dormouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Full reference: T. Kormos. 1930. Diagnosen neuer Säugetiere aus dem Oberpliozänen fauna des Somlyóberges bei Püspökfürdö. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 27:237-246

Belongs to Muscardinus according to T. Kormos 1930

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Betfia 2, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Romania

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Hungary (2 collections), Italy (1), Romania (7)

• Pliocene of Poland (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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