Myomimus roachi

(Bate, 1937)

Roach's Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bate, D.M.A. 1937-09-01. New Pleistocene mammals from Palestine. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)20(117):397-400.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933708655355

Original name as described

Philistomys roachi

Other common names

Bulgarian Dormouse

Type material

BMNH:PV:M 15279

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

late Pleistocene sediments in Tabun Cave, Mount Carmel, northern Israel.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Bulgaria · Turkey · Greece?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001532

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.

Philistomys roachi

(Bate, 1937)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

roachi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:PV:M 15279

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

399

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Myomimus judaicus

Tchernov, 1968

Family

Gliridae

Root name

judaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

161-185

Authority publication

Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel

Myomimus roachi

J. Heller, 1970

Family

Gliridae

Root name

roachi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Israel Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. Heller (1970:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68326)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Holden (1993:768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69027)
  6. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
  7. Hordijk & De Bruijn (2009:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6470)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14087/90688844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myomimus bulgaricus

Rossolimo, 1976

Family

Gliridae

Root name

bulgaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-84954

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-84954

Authority page

1520

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

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

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