Eomys

Eomys; Temporal range: Late Oligocene, Rupelian-Chattian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Life restoration of Eomys quercyi
Scientific classification
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

Storch, G.; Engesser, B.; Wuttke, M. (1996). "Oldest fossil record of gliding in rodents". Nature. 379 (6564): 439–441. doi:10.1038/379439a0.
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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