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Muscardinus Kaup 1829

Description

Muscardinus Kaup 1829

Muscardinus Kaup 1829, Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, Vol. 1: 139.

Type Species: Mus avellanarius Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Eomuscardinus Hartenberger 1966; Pentaglis Kretzoi 1943.

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus 1758)

Discussion: Kratochvil (1973) proposed to place Muscardinus in its own subfamily, Muscardininae, based on the uniquely derived stomach anatomy, molar morphology, and phallic features. De Bruijn (1967) and Daams (1981) both included Muscardinus in the Glirinae based on dental morphology. This arrangement was supported by the results of Wahlert et al. (1993). However, phylogenetic analyses of nuclear DNA fragments and mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequences clearly identified Muscardinus as a member of Leithiinae and basal to Myomimus, and the clade comprised of Dromys, and Eliomys. See also comments under Leithiinae. Comparative vocalization data reviewed by Hutterer and Peters (2001). Evolutionary patterns of dental morphology during Pliocene and Pleistocene discussed by Nadachowski and Daoud (1995). For synonyms see Daams and de Bruijn (1995); Rossolimo et al. (2001).

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 835, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kaup
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Gliridae
Genus
Muscardinus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Muscardinus Kaup, 1829 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Kratochvil, J. 1973. Mannliche Sexualorgane und System der Gliridae (Rodentia). Acta Scientiarum Naturalium, Academiae Scientarium Bohemoslovacea (Brno), 7: 1 - 52.
  • de Bruijn, H. 1967. Gliridae, Sciuridae y Eomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) miocenos de Calatayud (provincia de Zaragoza, Espana) y su relacion con la biostratigrafia del area. Boletin del Instituto Geologico y Minero de Espane, 78: 187 - 373.
  • Daams, R. 1981. The dental pattern of the dormice Dryomys, Myomimus, Microdyromys and Peridyromys. Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins, Special Publication, 3: 1 - 115.
  • Wahlert, J. H., S. L. Sawitzke, and M. E. Holden. 1993. Cranial anatomy and relationships of dormice (Rodentia, Myoxidae). American Museum Novitates, 3061: 1 - 32.
  • Hutterer, R., and G. Peters. 2001. The vocal repertoire of Graphiurus parvus, and comparisons with other species of dormice. Trakya University Journal of Scientific Research, ser. B, 2 (2): 69 - 74.
  • Nadachowski, A., and A. Daoud. 1995. Patterns of myoxid evolution in the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Europe. Pp. 141 - 149, in Proceedings of II Conference on Dormice (Rodentia, Myoxidae) (M. G. Filippucci, ed.). Hystrix, n. s., 6 (1 - 2): 1 - 340.
  • Daams, R., and H. De Bruijn. 1995. A classification of the Gliridae (Rodentia) on the basis of dental morphology. Pp. 3 - 50, in Proceedings of II Conference on Dormice (Rodentia, Myoxidae) (M. G. Filippucci, ed.). Hystrix, n. s., 6 (1 - 2): 1 - 340.
  • 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).