Chaetocauda Wang 1985

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 : 829

Chaetocauda Wang 1985

Chaetocauda Wang 1985 , Acta Theriol. Sinica, 5 (1): 67.

Type Species: Chaetocauda sichuanensis Wang 1985

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Chaetocauda sichuanensis Wang 1985

Discussion: Holden (1993) formerly arranged C. sichuanensis as a species of Dryomys , based on shape and other morphological characters. Although Chaetocauda resembles Myomimus in some features of the skull, other cranial characters resemble those found in Dryomys (particularly D. niethammeri ); additionally, the continuous endoloph on the upper molars supports its inclusion in Leithiinae . Because there is so little information regarding this animal, the genus should be recognized until its relationship with other dormouse genera, particularly leithiines, can be analyzed. Wang (1985) considered Chaetocauda a close relative of Myomimus , and placed it within Myomiminae. Based on the presence of a continuous endoloph on the upper molars, Rossolimo (2001) tentatively placed Chaetocauda in Leithiinae , along with Dryomys and Eliomys . The same character served as the basis for Daams and de Bruijn’s (1995) arrangement, in which they provisionally placed Chaetocauda in their Dryomyinae (which also contains Dryomys , Eliomys , Graphiurus and Glirulus ). They hypothesized that the "general appearance of the ridge pattern is reminiscent of a simplified Eliomys .".