Minorcan giant dormouse

The Minorcan giant dormouse (Hypnomys mahonensis) is an extinct species of dormouse from the Pleistocene and Holocene of Minorca, Spain.[1][2]

Minorcan giant dormouse
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Early Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Genus: Hypnomys
Species:
H. mahonensis
Binomial name
Hypnomys mahonensis
Bate, 1918

References

  1. Rullán, J. B. (1961). Contribuciones a la Geología de Mallorca. Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears, 7, 31-36.
  2. Reumer, J. W. (1982). Some remarks on the fossil vertebrates from Menorca, Spain. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B, 85, 77-87.

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