| Desert dormouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Leithiinae |
| Genus: | Selevinia Belosludov & Bazhanov, 1939 |
| Species: | S. betpakdalaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Selevinia betpakdalaensis Belosludov & Bazhanov, 1939
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The desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis) is a species of rodent in the dormouse family, Gliridae. This species was formerly placed in its own family, Seleviniidae, but it is now considered to be a dormouse, monotypic within the genus Selevinia.[2] It is endemic to Kazakhstan.
- ^ Tsytsulina, K. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Selevinia betpakdalaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20102A115156769. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20102A22222666.en. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ Holden, M.E. (2005). "Family Gliridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 838. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.