Leithiinae is a subfamily of dormice. It is named after the Leithia, an extinct genus of giant dormouse from the Pleistocene of Sicily.
Classification
Subfamily Leithiinae
Genus Chaetocauda
Chinese dormouse, Chaetocauda sichuanensis
Genus Dryomys
Woolly dormouse, Dryomys laniger
Balochistan forest dormouse, Dryomys niethammeri
Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula
Genus Eliomys, garden dormice
Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus
Maghreb garden dormouse, Eliomys munbyanus
Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus
Genus Hypnomys† (Balearic dormouse) Hypnomys morphaeus† Hypnomys mahonensis† Genus Leithia† Genus Muscardinus Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius Genus Myomimus, mouse-tailed dormice Masked mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus personatus Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus setzeri Genus Selevinia Desert dormouse, Selevinia betpakdalaensis
References
Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. pp. 819–841 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.