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 Dryomys Thomas, 1906 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905(2):348 [1906]. TYPE SPECIES: Mus nitedula Pallas, 1778 . SYNONYMS: Chaetocauda (see comment under D. sichuanensis ), Dyromys (see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:544 , and footnote in Simpson, 1945:92 ), Elius (excluding glis ). COMMENTS: Tribe Leithiini . Dryomys seems most closely related to Eliomys (Wahlert et al., In Press). See also comments under Leithiinae.