Leithiinae

Leithiinae is a subfamily of dormice. It is named after the Leithia, an extinct genus of giant dormouse from the Pleistocene of Sicily.

Leithiinae
Dryomys nitedula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Gliridae
Subfamily:	Leithiinae Lydekker, 1896
Genera
Chaetocauda Dryomys Eliomys †Hypnomys †Leithia Muscardinus Myomimus Selevinia

Classification

Subfamily Leithiinae

• Genus Chaetocauda
  • Chinese dormouse, Chaetocauda sichuanensis
• Genus Dryomys
  • Woolly dormouse, Dryomys laniger
  • Balochistan forest dormouse, Dryomys niethammeri
  • Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula
• Genus Eliomys, garden dormice
  • Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus
  • Maghreb garden dormouse, Eliomys munbyanus
  • Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus

    

• Genus Hypnomys† (Balearic dormouse)
  • Hypnomys morphaeus†
  • Hypnomys mahonensis†
• Genus Leithia†
• Genus Muscardinus
  • Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius
• Genus Myomimus, mouse-tailed dormice
  • Masked mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus personatus
  • Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi
  • Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus setzeri
• Genus Selevinia
  • Desert dormouse, Selevinia betpakdalaensis

Phylogeny

Cladogram of dormice after Petrova et al. 2024:

Gliridae (dormice)	Graphiurinae Graphiurus (African dormice) Glirinae Glirulus (Japanese dormouse) Glis (edible dormice) Leithiinae Muscardinus (hazel dormouse) Myomimus (mouse-tailed dormice) Selevinia (desert dormouse) Dryomys (woolly and forest dormice) Eliomys (garden dormice) †Hypnomys (Balearic dormice)

References

• Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. pp. 819–841 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.