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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliridae" title="Gliridae – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Gliridae" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCleysinl%C9%99r" title="Süleysinlər – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Süleysinlər" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D2%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Йоҡластар – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Йоҡластар" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Соневыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Соневыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Соневыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Соневыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Сънливцови – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сънливцови" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glirideged" title="Glirideged – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Glirideged" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lirons" title="Lirons – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lirons" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliridae" title="Gliridae – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Gliridae" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plchovit%C3%AD" title="Plchovití – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Plchovití" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syvsovere" title="Syvsovere – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Syvsovere" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilche" title="Bilche – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bilche" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%A9igo_a%C5%82hoshii" title="Yéigo ałhoshii – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Yéigo ałhoshii" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilased" title="Unilased – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Unilased" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliridae" title="Gliridae – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gliridae" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliredoj" title="Gliredoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Gliredoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxar" title="Muxar – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Muxar" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4_%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8" title="موش زمستان‌خواب – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="موش زمستان‌خواب" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliridae" title="Gliridae – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gliridae" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliepm%C3%BBzen" title="Sliepmûzen – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Sliepmûzen" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codlam%C3%A1n" title="Codlamán – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Codlamán" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%ADridos" title="Glíridos – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Glíridos" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Тарсалаш – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Тарсалаш" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B2%A8%EC%9A%B8%EC%9E%A0%EC%A5%90%EB%A5%98" title="겨울잠쥐류 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="겨울잠쥐류" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikus_penidur" title="Tikus penidur – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tikus penidur" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliridae" title="Gliridae – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gliridae" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="נמנמניים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נמנמניים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AB%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%92%E1%83%A3%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ძილგუდასებრნი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ძილგუდასებრნი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%9B%D0%B0%D1%81_%D1%82%D2%B1%D2%9B%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Қарақас тұқымдасы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Қарақас тұқымдасы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panya-miti" title="Panya-miti – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Panya-miti" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspakol_(Gliridae)" title="Aspakol (Gliridae) – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Aspakol (Gliridae)" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%BB%D3%93" title="Ургаля йишвлӓ – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Ургаля йишвлӓ" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliridae" title="Gliridae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Gliridae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susuri" title="Susuri – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Susuri" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schl%C3%A9ifer" title="Schléifer – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Schléifer" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miegapeliniai" title="Miegapeliniai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Miegapeliniai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liron" title="Liron – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Liron" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelef%C3%A9l%C3%A9k" title="Pelefélék – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Pelefélék" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Сонливци – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Сонливци" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%BA%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87" title="زغبيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="زغبيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikus_tidur" title="Tikus tidur – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tikus tidur" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaapmuizen" title="Slaapmuizen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Slaapmuizen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8D%E7%A7%91" title="ヤマネ科 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヤマネ科" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliapm%C3%BCsen" title="Sliapmüsen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Sliapmüsen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syvsovere" title="Syvsovere – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Syvsovere" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmaxon" title="Olmaxon – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Olmaxon" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaapm%C3%BC%C3%BCs" title="Slaapmüüs – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Slaapmüüs" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low 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<div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Family of rodents</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For Lewis Carroll's fictional character, see <a href="/wiki/The_Dormouse" class="mw-redirect" title="The Dormouse">The Dormouse</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox biota" style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Dormice<br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">Temporal range: <span class="noprint"><span style="display:inline-block;"></span><span style="display:inline-block;">Early Eocene – Recent</span> <span style="display:inline-block;"></span><div id="Timeline-row" style="margin: 4px auto 0; clear:both; width:220px; padding:0px; height:18px; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap; border:1px #666; border-style:solid none; position:relative; z-index:0; font-size:97%;"> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; left:0px; width:207.23076923077px; padding-left:5px; text-align:left; background-color:rgb(254,217,106); background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255,255,255,1), rgba(254,217,106,1) 15%, rgba(254,217,106,1));"><a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">PreꞒ</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Graphiurus_spec_-murinus-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Graphiurus_spec_-murinus-1.jpg/220px-Graphiurus_spec_-murinus-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Graphiurus_spec_-murinus-1.jpg/330px-Graphiurus_spec_-murinus-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Graphiurus_spec_-murinus-1.jpg/440px-Graphiurus_spec_-murinus-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">African dormouse, <i><a href="/wiki/Graphiurus" title="Graphiurus">Graphiurus</a></i> sp. </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Gliridae" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">Mammalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodent" title="Rodent">Rodentia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Suborder: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sciuromorpha" title="Sciuromorpha">Sciuromorpha</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gliridae</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Lockhart_Muirhead" title="Lockhart Muirhead">Muirhead</a> in <a href="/wiki/David_Brewster" title="David Brewster">Brewster</a>, 1819<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Type_genus" title="Type genus">Type genus</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><i><a href="/wiki/Edible_dormouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Edible dormouse">Glis</a></i><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Mathurin_Jacques_Brisson" title="Mathurin Jacques Brisson">Brisson</a>, 1762</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Subfamilies and genera </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <p><a href="/wiki/Graphiurinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Graphiurinae">Graphiurinae</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Graphiurus" title="Graphiurus">Graphiurus</a></i></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Leithiinae" title="Leithiinae">Leithiinae</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chaetocauda" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaetocauda">Chaetocauda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dryomys" title="Dryomys">Dryomys</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eliomys" title="Eliomys">Eliomys</a></i></li> <li>†<i><a href="/wiki/Hypnomys" title="Hypnomys">Hypnomys</a></i></li> <li>†<i><a href="/wiki/Leithia" title="Leithia">Leithia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muscardinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Muscardinus">Muscardinus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Myomimus" title="Myomimus">Myomimus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Selevinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Selevinia">Selevinia</a></i></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Glirinae" title="Glirinae">Glirinae</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Glirulus" title="Glirulus">Glirulus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edible_dormouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Edible dormouse">Glis</a></i></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>A <b>dormouse</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Rodent" title="Rodent">rodent</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <b>Gliridae</b> (this family is also variously called <b>Myoxidae</b> or <b>Muscardinidae</b> by different taxonomists). Dormice are nocturnal animals found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. They are named for their long, dormant <a href="/wiki/Hibernation" title="Hibernation">hibernation</a> period of six months or longer.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Mammal_Society_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Mammal_Society-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dormouse&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word dormouse comes from <a href="/wiki/Middle_English" title="Middle English">Middle English</a> <i>dormous</i>, of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal element <i>*dor-</i>, from <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> <i>dár</i> 'benumbed' and Middle English <i>mous</i> 'mouse'. </p><p>The word is sometimes conjectured to come from an <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language" title="Anglo-Norman language">Anglo-Norman</a> derivative of <i>dormir</i> 'to sleep', with the second element mistaken for <i>mouse</i>, but no such Anglo-Norman term is known to have existed.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Latin noun <i>glīs</i>, which is the origin of the scientific name, descends from the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Indo-European">Proto-Indo-European</a> noun <i>*gl̥h₁éys</i> 'weasel, mouse', and is related to <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> गिरि (<i>girí</i>) 'mouse' and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a> <span class="texhtml">γαλέη</span> (<i>galéē</i>) 'weasel'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dormouse&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dormice are small rodents, with body lengths between 6 and 19 cm (2.4 and 7.5 in), and weight between 15 and 180 g (0.53 and 6.35 oz).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are generally <a href="/wiki/Mouse" title="Mouse">mouse</a>-like in appearance, but with <a href="/wiki/Fur" title="Fur">furred</a> <a href="/wiki/Tail" title="Tail">tails</a>. They are largely <a href="/wiki/Arboreal" class="mw-redirect" title="Arboreal">arboreal</a>, agile, and well adapted to climbing. Most species are <a href="/wiki/Nocturnal" class="mw-redirect" title="Nocturnal">nocturnal</a>. Dormice have an excellent sense of <a href="/wiki/Hearing_(sense)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hearing (sense)">hearing</a> and signal each other with a variety of vocalisations.<sup id="cite_ref-EoM_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EoM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dormice are <a href="/wiki/Omnivore" title="Omnivore">omnivorous</a>, and typically feed on berries, flowers, fruits, insects, and nuts. They are unique among rodents in that they lack a <a href="/wiki/Cecum" title="Cecum">cecum</a>, a part of the gut used in other species to ferment vegetable matter. Their <a href="/wiki/Dentition" title="Dentition">dental formula</a> is similar to that of <a href="/wiki/Squirrel" title="Squirrel">squirrels</a>, although they often lack <a href="/wiki/Premolar" title="Premolar">premolars</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Dentition" title="Dentition">Dentition</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1.0.0–1.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1.0.0–1.3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Dormice breed once (or, occasionally, twice) each year, producing litters with an average of four young after a <a href="/wiki/Gestation" title="Gestation">gestation</a> period of 22–24 days. They can live for as long as five years. The young are born hairless and helpless, and their eyes do not open until about 18 days after birth. They typically become sexually mature after the end of their first hibernation. Dormice live in small family groups, with home ranges that vary widely between species and depend on the availability of food.<sup id="cite_ref-EoM_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EoM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hibernation">Hibernation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dormouse&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hibernation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Muscardinus_avellanarius_-_1700-1880_little_dormouse,_sleeping_in_the_winter_nest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Muscardinus_avellanarius_-_1700-1880_little_dormouse%2C_sleeping_in_the_winter_nest.jpg/220px-Muscardinus_avellanarius_-_1700-1880_little_dormouse%2C_sleeping_in_the_winter_nest.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Muscardinus_avellanarius_-_1700-1880_little_dormouse%2C_sleeping_in_the_winter_nest.jpg/330px-Muscardinus_avellanarius_-_1700-1880_little_dormouse%2C_sleeping_in_the_winter_nest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Muscardinus_avellanarius_-_1700-1880_little_dormouse%2C_sleeping_in_the_winter_nest.jpg/440px-Muscardinus_avellanarius_-_1700-1880_little_dormouse%2C_sleeping_in_the_winter_nest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1012" data-file-height="1102" /></a><figcaption>The little dormouse, sleeping in the winter nest.</figcaption></figure> <p>One of the most notable characteristics of those dormice that live in <a href="/wiki/Temperate" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperate">temperate</a> zones is hibernation. They can hibernate six months out of the year, or even longer if the weather does not become warm enough, sometimes waking for brief periods to eat food they had previously stored nearby. During the summer, they accumulate fat in their bodies to nourish them through the hibernation period.<sup id="cite_ref-EoM_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EoM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_with_humans">Relationship with humans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dormouse&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Relationship with humans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Glis_glis" class="mw-redirect" title="Glis glis">edible dormouse</a> (<i>Glis glis</i>) was considered a <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Roman_cuisine" title="Ancient Roman cuisine">delicacy in ancient Rome</a>, either as a savoury appetizer or as a dessert (dipped in honey and poppy seeds). The Romans used a special kind of enclosure, a <a href="/wiki/Glirarium" title="Glirarium">glirarium</a>, to raise and fatten dormice for the table.<sup id="cite_ref-EoM_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EoM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is still considered a delicacy in <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a> and in several places in <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>, namely <a href="/wiki/Lika" title="Lika">Lika</a>, and the islands of <a href="/wiki/Hvar" title="Hvar">Hvar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bra%C4%8D" title="Brač">Brač</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dormouse fat was believed by the <a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_era" title="Elizabethan era">Elizabethans</a> to induce sleep since the animal put on fat before hibernating.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In more recent years<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> dormice have begun to enter the pet trade, though they are uncommon as pets and are considered an <a href="/wiki/Exotic_pet" title="Exotic pet">exotic pet</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Woodland_dormouse" title="Woodland dormouse">woodland dormouse</a> (<i>Graphiurus murinus)</i> is the most commonly seen species in the pet trade.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Asian_garden_dormouse" title="Asian garden dormouse">Asian garden dormice</a> (<i>Eliomys melanurus</i>) are also occasionally kept as pets.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Evolution">Evolution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dormouse&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Evolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Gliridae are one of the oldest extant rodent families, with a fossil record dating back to the early <a href="/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene">Eocene</a>. As currently understood, they descended in Europe from early <a href="/wiki/Paleogene" title="Paleogene">Paleogene</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ischyromyids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ischyromyids (page does not exist)">ischyromyids</a> such as <i>Microparamys</i> (<i>Sparnacomys</i>) <i>chandoni</i>. The early and middle Eocene genus <i>Eogliravus</i> represents the earliest and most primitive glirid taxon; the oldest species, <i>Eogliravus wildi</i>, is known from isolated teeth from the early Eocene of France and a complete specimen of the early middle Eocene of the <a href="/wiki/Messel_pit" class="mw-redirect" title="Messel pit">Messel pit</a> in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-Turner_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turner-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They appear in Africa in the upper <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a> and only relatively recently in Asia. Many types of extinct dormouse species have been identified. During the <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a>, giant dormice the size of rabbits, <i><a href="/wiki/Leithia" title="Leithia">Leithia melitensis</a></i>, lived on the islands of <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MamEv_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MamEv-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dormouse&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The family consists of 29 extant species, in three subfamilies and (arguably) nine genera: </p><p> Cladogram of most living and recently extinct dormice genera based on mitochondrial DNA after 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td.clade-leaf{border:0;padding:0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leafR{border:0;padding:0;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf.reverse{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkA{background-color:yellow}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkB{background-color:green}</style> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"><a href="/wiki/Gliridae" class="mw-redirect" title="Gliridae">Gliridae</a> (dormice) </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1258728058"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1258728058"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first">Graphiurinae </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Graphiurus" title="Graphiurus">Graphiurus</a></i> (African dormice) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"><a href="/wiki/Glirinae" title="Glirinae">Glirinae</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1258728058"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Glirulus" title="Glirulus">Glirulus</a></i> (Japanese dormouse) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Glis_(genus)" title="Glis (genus)">Glis</a></i> (edible dormice) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"><a href="/wiki/Leithiinae" title="Leithiinae">Leithiinae</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1258728058"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Muscardinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Muscardinus">Muscardinus</a></i> (hazel dormouse) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1258728058"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1258728058"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Myomimus" title="Myomimus">Myomimus</a></i> (mouse-tailed dormice) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Selevinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Selevinia">Selevinia</a></i> (desert dormouse) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1258728058"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Dryomys" title="Dryomys">Dryomys</a></i> (woolly and forest dormice) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1258728058"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Eliomys" title="Eliomys">Eliomys</a></i> (garden dormice) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Hypnomys" title="Hypnomys">Hypnomys</a></i> (Balearic dormice) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><b>Family Gliridae</b> – Dormice </p><ul><li><b>Subfamily <a href="/wiki/Glirinae" title="Glirinae">Glirinae</a></b> <ul><li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Glirulus" title="Glirulus">Glirulus</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_dormouse" title="Japanese dormouse">Japanese dormouse</a>, <i>Glirulus japonicus</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Glis_(genus)" title="Glis (genus)">Glis</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_edible_dormouse" title="European edible dormouse">European edible dormouse</a>, <i>Glis glis</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_edible_dormouse" title="Iranian edible dormouse">Iranian edible dormouse</a>, <i>Glis persicus</i></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b>Subfamily <a href="/wiki/Graphiurinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Graphiurinae">Graphiurinae</a></b> <ul><li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Graphiurus" title="Graphiurus">Graphiurus</a></i>, African dormice <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angolan_African_dormouse" title="Angolan African dormouse">Angolan African dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus angolensis</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christy%27s_dormouse" title="Christy's dormouse">Christy's dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus christyi</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Verheyen%27s_African_dormouse" title="Walter Verheyen's African dormouse">Walter Verheyen's African dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus walterverheyeni</i> <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jentink%27s_dormouse" title="Jentink's dormouse">Jentink's dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus crassicaudatus</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston%27s_African_dormouse" title="Johnston's African dormouse">Johnston's African dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus johnstoni</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kellen%27s_dormouse" title="Kellen's dormouse">Kellen's dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus kelleni</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorrain_dormouse" title="Lorrain dormouse">Lorrain dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus lorraineus</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monard%27s_dormouse" title="Monard's dormouse">Monard's dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus monardi</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagtglas%27s_African_dormouse" title="Nagtglas's African dormouse">Nagtglas's African dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus nagtglasii</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_dormouse" title="Rock dormouse">Rock dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus platyops</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silent_dormouse" title="Silent dormouse">Silent dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus surdus</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small-eared_dormouse" title="Small-eared dormouse">Small-eared dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus microtis</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectacled_dormouse" title="Spectacled dormouse">Spectacled dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus ocularis</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_dormouse" title="Stone dormouse">Stone dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus rupicola</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodland_dormouse" title="Woodland dormouse">Woodland dormouse</a>, <i>Graphiurus murinus</i></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b>Subfamily <a href="/wiki/Leithiinae" title="Leithiinae">Leithiinae</a></b> <ul><li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Chaetocauda" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaetocauda">Chaetocauda</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_dormouse" title="Chinese dormouse">Chinese dormouse</a>, <i>Chaetocauda sichuanensis</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Dryomys" title="Dryomys">Dryomys</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balochistan_forest_dormouse" title="Balochistan forest dormouse">Balochistan forest dormouse</a>, <i>Dryomys niethammeri</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_dormouse" title="Forest dormouse">Forest dormouse</a>, <i>Dryomys nitedula</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolly_dormouse" title="Woolly dormouse">Woolly dormouse</a>, <i>Dryomys laniger</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Eliomys" title="Eliomys">Eliomys</a></i>, garden dormice <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asian_garden_dormouse" title="Asian garden dormouse">Asian garden dormouse</a>, <i>Eliomys melanurus</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_dormouse" title="Garden dormouse">Garden dormouse</a>, <i>Eliomys quercinus</i><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dormouse.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Dormouse.jpeg" decoding="async" width="200" height="178" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="178" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maghreb_garden_dormouse" title="Maghreb garden dormouse">Maghreb garden dormouse</a>, <i>Eliomys munbyanus</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Hypnomys" title="Hypnomys">Hypnomys</a></i>† (Balearic dormouse) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Majorcan_giant_dormouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Majorcan giant dormouse">Majorcan giant dormouse</a>, <i>Hypnomys morphaeus</i>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minorcan_giant_dormouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Minorcan giant dormouse">Minorcan giant dormouse</a>, <i>Hypnomys mahonensis</i>†</li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Leithia" title="Leithia">Leithia</a></i>† <ul><li><i>Leithia cartei</i>†</li> <li>Maltese giant dormouse, <i>Leithia melitensis</i>†</li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Muscardinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Muscardinus">Muscardinus</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hazel_dormouse" title="Hazel dormouse">Hazel dormouse</a>, <i>Muscardinus avellanarius</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Myomimus" title="Myomimus">Myomimus</a></i>, mouse-tailed dormice <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masked_mouse-tailed_dormouse" title="Masked mouse-tailed dormouse">Masked mouse-tailed dormouse</a>, <i>Myomimus personatus</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roach%27s_mouse-tailed_dormouse" title="Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse">Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse</a>, <i>Myomimus roachi</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Setzer%27s_mouse-tailed_dormouse" title="Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse">Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse</a>, <i>Myomimus 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"Chapter 9. Systematic Revision of Sub-Saharan African Dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae: <i>Graphiurus</i>) Part II: Description of a New Species of <i>Graphiurus</i> from the Central Congo Basin, Including Morphological and Ecological Niche Comparisons with <i>G. crassicaudatus</i> and <i>G. lorraineus</i>". <i>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History</i>. <b>331</b>: 314–355. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1206%2F582-9.1">10.1206/582-9.1</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:85409018">85409018</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bulletin+of+the+American+Museum+of+Natural+History&rft.atitle=Chapter+9.+Systematic+Revision+of+Sub-Saharan+African+Dormice+%28Rodentia%3A+Gliridae%3A+Graphiurus%29+Part+II%3A+Description+of+a+New+Species+of+Graphiurus+from+the+Central+Congo+Basin%2C+Including+Morphological+and+Ecological+Niche+Comparisons+with+G.+crassicaudatus+and+G.+lorraineus&rft.volume=331&rft.pages=314-355&rft.date=2009&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1206%2F582-9.1&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A85409018%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.au=Holden%2C+Mary+Ellen&rft.au=Levine%2C+Rebecca+S&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADormouse" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dormouse&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHolden,_M._E.2005" class="citation book cs1">Holden, M. E. (2005). "Family Gliridae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). <i>Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference</i>. 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