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Glis glis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Gliridae
Subfamily:	Glirinae Muirhead, 1819
Genera
Glirulus Glis †Stertomys

Glirinae is a subfamily of dormice (Gliridae).

It contains two genera, Glirulus and Glis. These genera have one species each: Glirulus japonicus (the Japanese dormouse) and Glis glis (the edible dormouse).

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