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Eomys

Eomys
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Eomys BW.jpg
Life restoration of Eomys quercyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentiaia
Family: Eomyidae
Genus: Eomys
Schlosser, 1884
Species
  • E. zitteli Schlosser, 1884 (type)
  • E. alulghensis
  • E. antiquus
  • E. fahlbuschi
  • E. huerzeleri
  • E. quercyi
  • E. rhodanicus

Eomys is an extinct genus of eomyid rodent from the late Oligocene of France, Germany, Spain, and possibly Turkey. One species, Eomys quercyi, is the earliest known gliding rodent (Storch et al., 1996).


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