🦋 Family

Gliridae

5 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Rodentia › Gliridae

Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse, is a small native European and Asia Minor mammal with declining populations.

Eliomys quercinus, the garden dormouse, is an omnivorous European rodent with characteristic facial markings and a tasseled tail.

Dryomys nitedula, the forest dormouse, is a small squirrel-like rodent with a wide Eurasian range and specific habitat and ecological traits.

Glis glis, the European edible dormouse, is the largest extant dormouse with a long history of human use as food.

Graphiurus murinus, the woodland dormouse, is a small omnivorous rodent native to multiple countries across sub-Saharan Africa.

Related Families

Sciuridae 144 species Cricetidae 53 species Muridae 30 species Heteromyidae 16 species Geomyidae 12 species Caviidae 11 species Dasyproctidae 7 species Dipodidae 6 species

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