Threatened Species due to its wide range and stable population trend. Forest dormice have a diploid count (2n) of 48 chromosomes. Even though this species...
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Hazel dormouse (redirect from Hazel dormice)
Conservation Handbook, hazel dormice are "particularly associated with deciduous woodland" but also inhabit hedgerows and scrub. Dormice seldom travel more than...
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Graphiurus (redirect from African dormice)
The African dormice (genus Graphiurus) are dormice that live throughout sub-Saharan Africa in a variety of habitats. They are very agile climbers and have...
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the future. Edible dormice inhabit deciduous forests dominated by oak and beech, from sea level to the upper limits of such forests at 1,500 to 2,000 m...
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Dryomys (category Dormice)
members of the genus are referred to as forest dormice, although the type species also goes by the common name forest dormouse. The species within the genus...
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conditions (rain, frost) and predators (woodpeckers, bears, pine martens, forest dormice). Harvest of honey from these did not destroy the colony, as only a...
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Japanese dormouse (category Dormice)
Glirulus. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. In Japanese, it is called yamane (やまね or 山鼠). Among dormice, it has the special ability of running at...
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Leithiinae (category Dormice)
Dryomys laniger Balochistan forest dormouse, Dryomys niethammeri Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula Genus Eliomys, garden dormice Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys...
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rodents. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical, moist montane forests and rivers. This is a small species with soft silky hair. The eyes are...
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but its range extends into the north. Garden dormice are often found in the Alps, the Bavarian Forest, and the Ore Mountains. The species is also present...
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Hypnomys (category Dormice)
Hypnomys, otherwise known as Balearic giant dormice, is an extinct genus of dormouse (Gliridae) in the subfamily Leithiinae. Its species are considered...
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Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is native to Pakistan. The Balochistan forest dormouse...
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Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation...
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mouse-tailed dormouse is nocturnal, which means that they are active at night. Dormice are active from 1–2 hours before sunset till 1–2 hours after sunrise. In...
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Desert dormouse (category Dormice)
family allied to Myoxidae (some taxonomists call this family Gliridae), the dormice. By 1947, they had concluded that it should be placed in Leithiinae, a...
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sichuanensis) Dryomys (Forest dormice) Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)...
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sichuanensis) Dryomys (Forest dormice) Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)...
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Bombek, Dominik; Mahmoudi, Ahmad (2021-07-01). "A taxonomic revision of fat dormice, genus Glis (Rodentia)". Mammalia. 85 (4): 362–378. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2020-0161...
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the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Grubb, P. & Schlitter, D. 2008. Graphiurus christyi. 2006 IUCN Red List...
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Chinese dormouse (category Dormice)
(Chaetocauda sichuanensis) is a species of dormouse found in subalpine mixed forests in northern Sichuan, China, where it is known from Jiuzhaigou and Wanglang...
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Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, and moist or dry savannah. Kellen's dormouse has a head-and-body length...
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and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. pp. 819–841 in Mammal Species of...
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Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara. Its natural habitats vary from humid forests to semi-deserts. It is a common species and the International Union for...
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is a genus of rodent in the family Gliridae, commonly known as garden dormice. It contains the following extant species: Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys...
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depredation caused by the non-native grey squirrel, edible dormice (in the Chilterns) and deer, this forest ecoregion is considered at high risk, with a critical/endangered...
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sichuanensis) Dryomys (Forest dormice) Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)...
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300 to 6,600 ft) above sea level. Its natural habitat is tropical dry forests. Although the population size is unknown, it is thought to be generally...
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sichuanensis) Dryomys (Forest dormice) Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)...
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Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist lowland forests. Grubb, P. & Schlitter, D. 2004. Graphiurus crassicaudatus. 2006 IUCN Red...
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