Dryomys anatolicus
Çetintaş, Sözen, Irmak, Kalkan, F. Çolak, & Matur, 2025
East Anatolian Forest Dormouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Gliridae |
| Subfamily | : Leithiinae |
| Genus | : Dryomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Çetintaş, O., Sözen, M., Irmak, S., Kalkan, K.K., Çolak, F. and Matur, F. 2025-06-20. 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.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.53447/communc.1532924Original name as described
Dryomys anatolicus
Type material
ZBEU 8715
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Eşekçayırı plateau, Ovacık, Tunceli, Turkey (39.420799 N, 39.240681 E, 1800 m)."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Turkey
Taxonomy notes
recently described based on populations previously attributed to D. laniger
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
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