Masked mouse-tailed dormouse

Masked mouse-tailed dormouse
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Gliridae
Genus:	Myomimus
Species:	M. personatus
Binomial name
*Myomimus personatus* Ognev, 1924

The masked mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus personatus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Iran and Turkmenistan.

Sources

Tchabovsky, A. 1996. Myomimus personatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

Extant species of family Gliridae (Dormice)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Graphiurinae

Graphiurus
(African dormice)

Leithiinae

Chaetocauda	Chinese Dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis)

Dryomys (Forest dormice)	Woolly Dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan Forest Dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest Dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)

Eliomys	Asian Garden Dormouse (Eliomys melanurus) Maghreb Garden Dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus) Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)

Muscardinus	Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)

Myomimus	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus personatus) Roach's Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus roachi) Setzer's Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus setzeri)

Selevinia	Desert Dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)

Glirinae

Glirulus	Japanese Dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)

Glis	Edible dormouse (Glis glis)

Category

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