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Hypnomys

Hypnomys
Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Subfamily: Leithiinae
Genus: Hypnomys
Species
  • H. mahonensis
  • H. morpheus
  • H. eliomyoides
  • H. onycensis
  • H. waldreni

Hypnomys, otherwise known as Balearic giant dormice, is an extinct genus of dormouse, from the family Gliridae. Its species are considered examples of insular gigantism. This genus contains the following species:



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