Eomys

Eomys Temporal range: Late Oligocene
A restoration of Eomys quercyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Castorimorpha
Family:	†Eomyidae
Genus:	†Eomys Schlosser, 1884
Type species
†Eomys zitteli Schlosser, 1884
Referred species
†Eomys alulghensis †Eomys antiquus †Eomys fahlbuschi †Eomys huerzeleri †Eomys quercyi †Eomys rhodanicus †Eomys zitteli

Eomys is a genus of eomyid rodents from the late Oligocene of France, Germany, Spain, and possibly Turkey. One species, Eomys quercyi, is the earliest known gliding rodent (Storch et al., 1996).