The Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse (''Myomimus setzeri'') is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...

in the family Gliridae. It is endemic to

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. Very little information is available for this species, with only 10 specimens known. It is found mainly in the pellets of the Eurasian eagle owl.Aulagnier S.; P. Haffner, A. J. Mitchell-Jones, F. Moutou & J. Zima (2009) ''Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East'', A&C Black, London.

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EDGE of Existence page on Setzer's Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Myomimus Dormouse, Setzer's mouse-tailed EDGE species Mammals described in 1976 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{rodent-stub