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...

variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by different taxonomists). Dormice are nocturnal animals found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. They are named...

Conservation Handbook, hazel dormice are "particularly associated with deciduous woodland" but also inhabit hedgerows and scrub. Dormice seldom travel more than...

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...

Hypnomys, otherwise known as Balearic giant dormice, is an extinct genus of dormouse (Gliridae) in the subfamily Leithiinae. Its species are considered...

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...

conditions (rain, frost) and predators (woodpeckers, bears, pine martens, forest dormice). Harvest of honey from these did not destroy the colony, as only a...

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...

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...

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...

Dryomys laniger Balochistan forest dormouse, Dryomys niethammeri Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula Genus Eliomys, garden dormice Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys...

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...

sichuanensis) Dryomys (Forest dormice) Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)...

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...

of Palaearctic rodents in the family Gliridae, commonly known as garden dormice. Eliomys contains the following extant species: Asian garden dormouse,...

Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation...

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...

Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is native to Pakistan. The Balochistan forest dormouse...

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...

the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The dormouse Graphiurus christyi was named after Cuthbert Christy. Dollman...

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...

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...

sichuanensis) Dryomys (Forest dormice) Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)...

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...

Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist, lowland forests. The rodent is named after Cornelis Nagtglas. Grubb, P. & Schlitter, D...

sichuanensis) Dryomys (Forest dormice) Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)...

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...

Mary; Levine, Rebecca (2009). "Systematic Revision of Sub-Saharan African Dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae: Graphiurus) Part II: Description of a New Species...

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...

sichuanensis) Dryomys (Forest dormice) Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)...