| Eomys Temporal range: Late Oligocene,
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| Life restoration of Eomys quercyi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Eomyidae |
| Genus: | †Eomys Schlosser, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| †Eomys zitteli Schlosser, 1884
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Eomys is an extinct genus of eomyid rodent from the late Oligocene of France, Germany, Spain, and possibly Turkey. The species Eomys quercyi is the earliest known gliding rodent.[1][2]
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- ^ Engesser, B.; Kälin, D. (2017). "Eomys helveticus n. sp. and Eomys schluneggeri n. sp., two new small eomyids of the Chattian (MP 25/MP 26) subalpine Lower Freshwater Molasse of Switzerland" (PDF). Fossil Imprint. 73 (1–2): 213–224. doi:10.2478/if-2017-0012.