Dryomys laniger

Felten & Storch, 1968

Woolly Forest Dormouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Gliridae
Subfamily : Leithiinae
Genus : Dryomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Felten, H. and Storch, G. 1968-12-20. Eine neue Schläfer-Art, Dryomys laniger n. sp. aus Kleinasien (Rodentia: Gliridae). Senckenbergiana biologica 49(6):429-435.

Original name as described

Dryomys laniger

Type material

SMF:MAMM:33830

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Çiğlikara, 2000 m, Bey Mountains, Antalya, Turkey.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey

Taxonomy notes

previously included populations now included under D. anatolicus

Taxonomy notes citation

Çetintaş, O., Sözen, M., Irmak, S., Kalkan, K.K., Çolak, F. and Matur, F. 2025. Phylogeography of an Anatolian endemic and Alpine specialist woolly dormouse Dryomys laniger with a description of a new species. Communications Faculty of Sciences University of Ankara (C)34(1):1-35. doi:10.53447/communc.1532924

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001523

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dryomys laniger

Felten & Storch, 1968

Family

Gliridae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:33830

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Holden (1993:766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69027)
  5. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6859/78318542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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