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Eomyidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene–Pleistocene
artist's impression of Eomys
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Eomyidae

Winge, 1887
Subfamilies

Apeomyinae
Eomyinae
Yoderimyinae

Eomyidae is a family of extinct rodents from North America and Eurasia related to modern day pocket gophers and kangaroo rats. The family includes the earliest known gliding rodent, Eomys (Storch et al., 1996)

References

  • Storch G., Engesser, B. and Wuttke, M. 1996. Oldest fossil record of gliding in rodents Nature 379:439-441.