Eliomys melanurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1839)

Black-tailed Garden Dormouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1839-09-20. Die Professoren Dr. A. Wagner und I. Zuccarini erstatten der Klasse Bericht über die von Hrn. Hofrath von Schubert und seinen Begleitern den Doctoren Roth und Erdl von ihrer Reise nach Aegypten und Palästina mitgebrachten Sammlungen. Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 8(37):297-302.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033505846?urlappend=%3Bseq=152%3Bownerid=13510798895489774-156

Original name as described

Myoxus melanurus

Other common names

Asian Garden Dormouse · Large-eared Garden Dormouse

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Sinai. Restricted by J. A. Nader and colleagues in 1983 to "vicinity of Mount Sinai," Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Libya · Egypt · Israel · Saudi Arabia · Jordan · Lebanon · Syria · Turkey · Iraq

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001527

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.

Myoxus melanurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1839)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

299

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033505846?urlappend=%3Bseq=152%3Bownerid=13510798895489774-156

Authority publication

Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München

Name usages

Wagner (1839:299, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033505846?urlappend=%3Bseq=152%3Bownerid=13510798895489774-156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69194)

Eliomys (Myoxus) melanurus

J. A. Wagner, 1840

Family

Gliridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11357222

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1840:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11357222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69196)
  2. Giebel (1855:625, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  3. Flower (1932:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
  4. Heller (1970:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68326)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Holden (1993:767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69027)
  7. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
  8. Happold (2013:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  9. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7619/197505035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eliomys melanura

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Gliridae

Root name

melanura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

352

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Eliomys cyrenaicus

Festa, 1922

Family

Gliridae

Root name

cyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Eliomys quercinus cyrenaicus

Ranck, 1968

Family

Gliridae

Root name

cyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853728

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Ranck (1968:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34293)
  2. Osborn & Helmy (1980:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)

Eliomys quercinus melanurus

D. J. Osborn & Helmy, 1980

Family

Gliridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

321

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747550

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Osborn & Helmy (1980:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)

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