Ailuravus macrurus

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Ailuravus macrurus Fossil range: Early to Middle Eocene
Ailuravus macrurus and Strigogyps sapea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria (unranked) Euarchontoglires Superorder: Glires Order: Rodentia Family: Ischyromyidae Subfamily: Ailuravinae Genus: Ailuravus Rütimeyer, 1891 Species: A. macrurus
Binomial name
Ailuravus macrurus

Ailuravus macrurus ("Big-tailed Cat-ancestor") was a primitive, squirrel-like rodent, one of the earliest known rodents, from the Messel pit Lagerstätte, in Germany. It lived during the Eocene period of Europe, in forests, and may have been arboreal.

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