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Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Myoxidae
Subfamily : Leithiinae
Species : Myomimus roachi

 

The Mouse-tailed dormouse, roach's mouse-tailed dormouse is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse

Mouse-Tailed Dormouse or Myomimus roachi is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to D2. (Full text)

The other species, Myomimus roachi, is a relict of the relatively diversified Pliocene glirid fauna. (Full text)

1. roach -- (the butt of a marijuana cigarette)
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2. cockroach, roach -- (any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests)
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3. roach, Rutilus rutilus -- (European freshwater food fish having a greenish back)
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Rutilus rutilus
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