Tag Archive for 'Leithia'

An artist’s impression of the giant dormouse Leithia melitensis (left) and its nearest living relative the garden dormouse (right). Image credit: James Sadler, University of York.

Enormous Dormice Once Roamed Mediterranean Islands

Jul 9, 2020 by News Staff

An international team of paleontologists from the UK, Italy and Switzerland has created the first digital reconstruction of the skull of Leithia melitensis,...