European edible dormouse

Edible dormouse
Temporal range: Pleistocene–recent
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Subfamily: Glirinae
Genus: Glis
Species:
G. glis
Binomial name
Glis glis
European edible dormouse range (including portion of range of G. persicus in lower right)
Synonyms[2]
  • Sciurus glis Linnaeus, 1766
  • Myoxus glis (Linnaeus, 1766)

The 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.

  1. ^ Amori, G.; Hutterer, R.; Kryštufek, B.; Yigit, N.; Mitsainas, G.; Muñoz, L.; Meinig, H.; Juškaitis, R. (2021). "Glis glis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T39316A197292692. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T39316A197292692.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Carlo Violani; Bruno Zava (1995). "Carolus Linnaeus and the edible dormouse" (PDF). Hystrix. 6 (1–2): 109–115. doi:10.4404/hystrix-6.1-2-4020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  3. ^ Holden, M.E. (2005). "Family Gliridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 841. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.