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Leithiinae

Leithiinae
Dryomys nitedula
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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


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