Eliomys munbyanus Pomel 1856

Eliomys munbyanus Pomel 1856, C. R. Hebdomadaires des Seances de L'Academie des Sciences, 42: 653.

Type Locality: Algeria: Region d’Oran (Province of Oran) .

Vernacular Names: Maghreb Garden Dormouse.

Synonyms: Eliomys denticulatus Ranck 1968; Eliomys lerotina (Lataste 1885); Eliomys occidentalis Thomas 1903; Eliomys tunetae Thomas 1903 .

Distribution: W North Africa: Western Sahara (Kahmann and Thoms, 1981); Morocco (Aulagnier and Thevenot, 1986; Moreno and Delibes, 1981); Algeria (Khidas, 1993; Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska, 1991); Tunisia (Kahmann and Thoms, 1987); east to Tar~bulus (Tripolitania) and Fazzan regions of E Libya (Ranck, 1968). See also Kahmann and Thoms (1981), Kock (1985) and Niethammer (1959).

Conservation: denticulatus Ranck, 1968; lerotina (Lataste, 1885); occidentalis Thomas, 1903; tunetae Thomas, 1903 .