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Bookmark or Share- 10 Things You Didn't Know About Dormice - TreehuggerOne dormouse, according a 2015 report published in the Journal of Comparative Physiology B, slept for a whopping 11 months. In all fairness, though, nocturnality is primarily to blame for their ...
- European edible dormouse - WikipediaThe European edible dormouse also known as the European dormouse or European fat dormouse (Glis glis) is a large dormouse and one of only two living species in the genus Glis, found in most of Europe and parts of western Asia. [3] The common name comes from the Romans, who ate them as a delicacy.
- Dormouse - WikipediaThe word dormouse comes from Middle English dormous, of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal element *dor-, from Old Norse dár 'benumbed' and Middle English mous 'mouse'.. The word is sometimes conjectured to come from an Anglo-Norman derivative of dormir 'to sleep', with the second element mistaken for mouse, but no such Anglo-Norman term is known to have existed.
- Hazel dormouse - WikipediaThe hazel dormouse is native to northern Europe and Asia Minor. It is the only dormouse native to the British Isles, and is therefore often referred to simply as the "dormouse" in British sources, although the edible dormouse, Glis glis, has been accidentally introduced and now has an established population in South East England.Though Ireland has no native dormouse, the hazel dormouse was ...
- Hazel dormouse - The Wildlife TrustsYoung hazel dormouse by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION ©Danny Green. Hazel dormouse. Scientific name: Muscardinus avellanarius. Hazel dormice are hard to spot – not only do they only come out at night, but they are also only found in very few places in the UK. Dormice spend a lot of their time hibernating – and are known to snore!
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