Muscardinus avellanarius Linnaeus 1758 (hazel dormouse)
PaleoDB taxon number: 131716
Alternative combination: Mus avellanarius
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Muscardinus according to R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995
Sister taxa: Muscardinus austriacus, Muscardinus crusafonti, Muscardinus cyclopeus, Muscardinus dacicus, Muscardinus davidi, Muscardinus heintzi, Muscardinus helleri, Muscardinus hispanicus, Muscardinus pliocaenicus, Muscardinus sansaniensis, Muscardinus thaleri, Muscardinus vallesiensis, Muscardinus vireti, Eomuscardinus sansaniensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore