Glis persicus
(Erxleben, 1777)
Iranian Fat Dormouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Gliridae |
| Subfamily | : Glirinae |
| Genus | : Glis |
Species status
Authority citation
Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873214Original name as described
Sciurus persicus
Other common names
Iranian Edible Dormouse
Type locality
"in Persiae provincia Gilan [in the Iranian Province of Gilan]." Restricted by D. M. Lay in 1967 to “Rasht” “Iran: Ghilan [Gilan] Province.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Azerbaijan · Iran · Turkmenistan
Taxonomy notes
split from G. glis
Taxonomy notes citation
Kryštufek, B., Naderi, M., Janžekovič, F., Hutterer, R., Bombek, D., & Mahmoudi, A. (2021). A taxonomic revision of fat dormice, genus Glis (Rodentia). Mammalia, 85(4), 362-378. · Gharkhloo, M. M., Karataş, A., & Kassari, R. G. (2021). On the karyology, morphology and biology of Glis glis (Linnaeus, 1766)(Rodentia: Gliridae) in Iran. Biharean Biologist, 15(1), 53-58.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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