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Taxonomy
Myomimus was named by Ognev (1924). It is extant.
It was assigned to Myomiminae by Daams and de Bruijn (1995); and to Gliridae by van de Weerd (1973) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Myomiminae by Daams and de Bruijn (1995); and to Gliridae by van de Weerd (1973) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1924 | Myomimus Ognev |
| 1937 | Philistomys Bate |
| 1973 | Myomimus van de Weerd |
| 1995 | Myomimus Daams and de Bruijn p. 10 |
| 1997 | Myomimus McKenna and Bell |
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G. Myomimus Ognev 1924
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†Myomimus aquatilis de Bruijn and Moltzer 1974
Myomimus bulgaricus Rossolimo 1976
†Myomimus dehmi de Bruijn 1966
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Invalid names: Peridyromys compositus Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 [synonym]
†Myomimus judaicus Tchernov 1968
†Myomimus maritsensis de Bruijn et al. 1970
†Myomimus multicrestatus de Bruijn 1966
Myomimus personatus Ognev 1924
†Myomimus qafzensis Haas 1973
Myomimus roachi Bate 1937 [Mouse-tailed dormouse]
Myomimus setzeri Rossolimo 1976
†Myomimus sinensis Wu 1985
†Myomimus sumbalenwalicus Munthe 1980
Invalid names: Philistomys Bate 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995 | No darkening around eyes and ears (neither stripe nor spot present).
Tail thin, as in rats, covered with very short, even white hair growing thickly along tail shaft; rings on skin visiblc with Icns. Skull elevated on line of upper profile, and markedly shortened rostrally. Occipital region rounded. Interorbital region somewhat compressed due to ovally elongated depressions near basis of nasals, i.e., at the anterior part of infraorbital region. Auditory bullae large and inflated, much larger than in Muscardinus. Jugal bone forms sharp proccss protruding anteriorly and not quite reaching lateral contour of lacrimal. Infraorbital foramen very small and narrow, appreciably smaller than in Muscardinus. Angular process of lower jaw with small round aperture in wall. Crowns of molars flat, inner and outer margins not elevated. Crowns of M1 and M2 of very similar structure. cacli with fivc transverse enamel folds: first two fairly long with inner margins pointing posteriorly; ncxt two folds form deep bend reaching middle of tooth; last (fifth) fold extends along posterior margin of tooth, its inner tip bending somewhat anteriorly. This crown structure little resembles that of other dormice. Premolar of lower jaw small, its outer margin directed obliquely anteriad. Four transverse ridges on surface, two internal ones forming closed arching protrusions directcd posteriorly. Premolar of lower jaw small, below level of rest of toothrow (differing in this from other dormice); three barely visiblc ridges on surface. |