Eomyidae

Eomyidae
Fossil range: Early Eocene to Pleistocene

artist's impression of Eomys

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)

[edit] References

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

v • d • e Rodent Families

Sciuromorpha	†Allomyidae · Aplodontiidae · †Mylagaulidae · †Reithroparamyidae · Sciuridae · Gliridae

Castorimorpha	†Eutypomyidae · Castoridae · †Rhizospalacidae · †Eomyidae · †Florentiamyidae · †Heliscomyidae · Heteromyidae · Geomyidae

Myomorpha	†Armintomyidae · Dipodidae · †Anomalomyidae · †Simimyidae · Platacanthomyidae · Spalacidae · Calomyscidae · Nesomyidae · Cricetidae · Muridae

Anomaluromorpha	Anomaluridae · †Parapedetidae · Pedetidae

Hystricomorpha	†Tamquammyidae · †Gobiomyidae · Ctenodactylidae · Diatomyidae · †Yuomyidae · †Chapattimyidae · †Tsaganomyidae · †"Baluchimyinae" · †Bathyergoididae · Bathyergidae · Hystricidae · †Myophiomyidae · †Diamantomyidae · †Phiomyidae · †Kenyamyidae · Petromuridae · Thryonomyidae · Erethizontidae · Chinchillidae · Dinomyidae · †Cephalomyidae · Caviidae · Dasyproctidae · †Eocardiidae · Cuniculidae · Ctenomyidae · Octodontidae · †Neoepiblemidae · Abrocomidae · Echimyidae · Myocastoridae · Capromyidae · †Heptaxodontidae

Prehistoric rodents (incertae sedis)	†Eurymylidae · †Alagomyidae · †Archetypomyidae · †Cocomyidae · †Ivanantoniidae · †Laredomyidae · †Ischyromyidae · †Theridomyidae · †Protoptychidae · †Zegdoumyidae · †Sciuravidae · †Cylindrodontidae · †Zelomyidae

† indicates extinct taxa