Maghreb garden dormouse
| Maghreb garden dormouse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Genus: | Eliomys |
| Species: | E. munbyanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eliomys munbyanus (Pomel, 1856) | |
| Distribution of Eliomys munbyanus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eliomys denticulatus (Ranck, 1968), Eliomys lerotina (Lataste, 1885), Eliomys occidentalis (Thomas, 1903), Eliomys tunetae (Thomas, 1903) | |
The Maghreb garden dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus) is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara. Its natural habitats vary from humid forests to semi-deserts. It is a common species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of "least concern".