Order Rodentia - Family Myoxidae Author Mary Ellen Holden text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 763 770 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353102 1-56098-217-9 7353102 Myoxus von Zimmermann, 1780 . Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:351 . TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus glis Linnaeus, 1766 . SYNONYMS: Elius (excluding dryas ), Myorus (see Palmer, 1904 ). COMMENTS: See comments under Myoxidae and discussion in Wahlert et al. (In Press) for explanation of the validity of Myoxus versus Glis . Myoxus appears to be most closely related to Muscardinus (Wahlert et al., In Press).