Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse

Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Sciuromorpha
Family:	Gliridae
Subfamily:	Leithiinae
Genus:	Myomimus
Species:	M. setzeri
Binomial name
*Myomimus setzeri* Rossolimo, 1976

The Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus setzeri) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is endemic to Iran. Very little amounts of information is known about this Myomimus Family Member, with just only 10 specimens known.

Sources

Baillie, J. 1996. Myomimus setzeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

External links

EDGE of Existence page on Setzer's Mouse-tailed Dormouse

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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