Dryomys laniger Felten and Storch 1968

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Gliridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 819-840 : 830

Dryomys laniger Felten and Storch 1968

Dryomys laniger Felten and Storch 1968 , Senckenberg. Biol., 49 (6): 429.

Type Locality: Turkey, Antalya Prov., 20 km SSE Elmali, Bey Mtns, Ciglikara, 2000 m .

Vernacular Names: Woolly Forest Dormouse.

Distribution: S Turkey, Toros Daglari (Taurus Mtns) and E Anatolia (Kivanç et al., 1997 a; Krystufek and Vohralík, 2001; Obuch, 2001; Spitzenberger, 1976).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Morphology, ecology and distribution reviewed by Rossolimo et al. (2001). Morphology and histology of plantar surface studied by Spitzenberger and Eberl-Rothe (1974). Photographs provided by Felten and Storch (1968). Karyology and phallic morphology given by Kivanç et al. (1997 a). Distribution mapped in Kivanç et al. (1997 a).