Hazel dormouse

Hazel dormouse
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–Recent
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Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[2] (Great Britain)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Subfamily: Leithiinae
Genus: Muscardinus
Kaup, 1829
Species:
M. avellanarius
Binomial name
Muscardinus avellanarius
Geographic range
Synonyms

Mus avellanarius Linnaeus, 1758

The hazel dormouse or common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a small dormouse species native to Europe and the only living species in the genus Muscardinus.[3]

  1. ^ Hutterer, R.; Kryštufek, B.; Yigit, N.; Mitsain, G.; Meinig, H. & Juškaitis, R. (2021) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Muscardinus avellanarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13992A197519168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13992A197519168.en. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Population Review Red List". The Mammal Society. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ^ Mitchell-Jones, A. J.; Amori, G.; Bogdanowicz, W.; Kryštufek, B.; Reijnders, P.J.H.; Spitzenberger, F.; Stubbe, M.; Thissen, J.B.M.; Vohralik, V. & Zima, J. (1999). The atlas of European Mammals. London: Academic Press. p. 484.