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Dryomys laniger Felten and Storch 1968

Description

Dryomys laniger Felten and Storch 1968

Dryomys laniger Felten and Storch 1968, Senckenberg. Biol., 49 (6): 429.

Type Locality: Turkey, Antalya Prov., 20 km SSE Elmali, Bey Mtns, Ciglikara, 2000 m.

Vernacular Names: Woolly Forest Dormouse.

Distribution: S Turkey, Toros Daglari (Taurus Mtns) and E Anatolia (Kivanç et al., 1997 a; Krystufek and Vohralík, 2001; Obuch, 2001; Spitzenberger, 1976).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Morphology, ecology and distribution reviewed by Rossolimo et al. (2001). Morphology and histology of plantar surface studied by Spitzenberger and Eberl-Rothe (1974). Photographs provided by Felten and Storch (1968). Karyology and phallic morphology given by Kivanç et al. (1997 a). Distribution mapped in Kivanç et al. (1997 a).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Gliridae, pp. 819-840 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 830, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Gliridae
Genus
Dryomys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Felten and Storch
Species
laniger
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dryomys laniger and, 1968 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Felten, H., and G. Storch. 1968. Eine neue Schlafer-Art, Dryomys laniger n. sp. aus Kleinasien (Rodentia: Gliridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 49 (6): 429 - 435.
  • Obuch, J. 2001. Dormice in the diet of owls in the Middle East. Trakya University Journal of Scientific Research B, 2 (2): 145 - 150.
  • Spitzenberger, F. 1976. Beitrage zur Kenntnis von Dryomys laniger Felten and Storch, 1968 (Gliridae, Mammalia). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 41: 237 - 249.
  • Rossolimo, O. L., E. G. Potapova, I. Ya. Pavlinov, S. V. Kruskop, and O. V. Voltzit. 2001. [Dormice (Myoxidae) of the World.] Sbornik Trudov Zoologicheskogo Muzeya MGU 42: 1 - 232 (in Russian with English summary).
  • Spitzenberger, F., and G. Eberl-Rothe. 1974. Der Sohlenhaftmechanismus von Dryomys laniger. Annalen Des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 78: 485 - 494.