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The Minorcan giant dormouse (Hypnomys mahonensis) is an extinct species of dormouse from the Pleistocene and Holocene of Minorca, Spain.

Minorcan giant dormouse


Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Early Holocene

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Genus: Hypnomys
Species: H. mahonensis
Conservation Status
Extinct Status
Binomial name
Hypnomys mahonensis

Bate, 1918

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