Myoxus von Zimmermann, 1780

Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Myoxidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 763-770 : 769-770

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Myoxus von Zimmermann, 1780 . Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:351.

TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus glis Linnaeus, 1766 .

SYNONYMS: Elius (excluding dryas ), Myorus (see Palmer, 1904).

COMMENTS: See comments under Myoxidae and discussion in Wahlert et al. (In Press) for explanation of the validity of Myoxus versus Glis . Myoxus appears to be most closely related to Muscardinus (Wahlert et al., In Press).