Dormouse
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DORMOUSE (a word usually taken to be connected with Lat. dormire, to sleep, with "mouse" added, cf. Germ. Schlafratte; it is not a corruption of Fr. dormeuse; Skeat suggests a connexion with Icel.
Dormouse Habits
Daily Life. dormice are nocturnal (active at night) and use their large eyes, long whiskers and excellent sense of smell to find their way about.
Dormouse Facts
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Dormouse
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
name for Old World nocturnal rodents of the family Gliridae. There are many dormouse species, classified in several genera. Many resemble small squirrels.
Dormouse
Common dormice may spend up to three quarters of their life asleep. They hibernate when food is scarce to conserve energy.
The dormouse is often mistaken for a gray squirrel. Its thick fur is soft and short with a silvery grey color on the upper part and creamy white on the under parts. The dormouse has small, round eyes surrounded with dark circles.
Common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Asian garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus)
Vinogradov's jerboa (Allactaga vinogradovi)
New Holland mouse (Pseudomys novaehollandiae)
Anderson's gerbil (Gerbillus andersoni) ...
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the dormouse is one of the possierlichsten and most graceful small-mammals of our home. it belongs to the real mice in no way, has like its name suspe...
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Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius
Edible Dormouse Glis glis - Introduced
Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis - Introduced ...
Pocket mouse (with fur lined in cheek pouches), and kangaroo mouse all of West North America. The jumping mice, resemble kangaroo rats, are related to the jerboa and the dormouse. and, like rats often carry disease.
 See also: Mouse, Squirrel, Diver, Hippo, Sea Lion
  
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