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).