Eomys
Temporal range: Late Oligocene,
Life restoration of Eomys quercyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: †Eomyidae
Genus: †Eomys
Schlosser, 1884
Type species
†Eomys zitteli
Schlosser, 1884
Other species
  • E. alulghensis Cuenca & Canudo, 1994
  • E. antiquus (Aymard, 1853)
  • E. ebnatensis Engesser, 1987
  • E. fahlbuschi Ünay-Bayraktar, 1989
  • E. gigas Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
  • E. helveticus Engesser & Kalin, 2017
  • E. huerzeleri Engesser, 1982
  • E. major Freudenberg, 1941
  • E. molassicus Engesser, 1987
  • E. minor Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
  • E. quercyi Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
  • E. schluneggeri Engesser & Kalin, 2017

Eomys is an extinct genus of eomyid rodent from the late Oligocene of France, Germany, Spain, and possibly Turkey. The species Eomys quercyi is the earliest known gliding rodent.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Storch, G.; Engesser, B.; Wuttke, M. (1996). "Oldest fossil record of gliding in rodents". Nature. 379 (6564): 439–441. doi:10.1038/379439a0. S2CID 4326465.
  2. ↑ Engesser, B.; Kälin, D. (2017). "Eomys helveticus n. sp. and Eomys schluneggeri n. sp., two new small eomyids of the Chattian (MP 25/MP 26) subalpine Lower Freshwater Molasse of Switzerland" (PDF). Fossil Imprint. 73 (1–2): 213–224. doi:10.2478/if-2017-0012.

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