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Monotypic taxon: Genus Glis Brisson, 1762 - fat dormouse, edible dormouse (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  M.J. Brisson, 1762, nom. cons.
Original name:  Brisson, M.J. 1762. Reg. Anim. (ed. 2): 13, 113.
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Gender

Masculine Ref: ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894: 65 (Ruling (3)(c)).

Attributes

Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894: 65 (Ruling (3)(c)). [new]
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 81.1] Ref: ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894: 64 (Ruling (2)(a)(iii)). [new]

Types

Type of: Glirimorpha (Infraorder) Thaler, 1966 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 178. [new] [inferred]
Type of: Glirini (Tribe) Muirhead, in Brewster, 1819
Type, by absolute tautonymy: Glis glis (Linnaeus, 1766), typ. cons.

Homonyms

Formal homonym: Glis (Genus) Erxleben, 1777, nom. illeg. Ref: ICZN, 1998: 66.

Synonyms

Accepted name (objective): Myoxus (Genus) Zimmermann, 1780, nom. illeg. Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Junior objective synonym: Myoxus (Genus) Zimmermann, 1780, nom. illeg. Ref: ICZN, 1998: 66 (Ruling (6)(b)).
Synonymous name (objective): Myoxus (Genus) Zimmermann, 1780, nom. illeg. Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: fat dormouse, edible dormouse
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