A dormouse is a rodent of the family Gliridae (this family is also variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by different taxonomists). Dormice are nocturnal animals found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. They are named for their long, dormant hibernation period of six months or longer. There are nine genera and 28 living species of dormice, with half of living species belonging to the African genus Graphiurus.
Gliridae is a family of small nocturnal rodents found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, commonly known as dormice because they hibernate for six months or longer each year. The family contains 28 living species across nine genera, with roughly half of all species belonging to African dormice in the genus Graphiurus.
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A dormouse is a rodent of the family Gliridae (this family is also variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by different taxonomists). Dormice are nocturnal animals found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. They are named for their long, dormant hibernation period of six months or longer. There are nine genera and 28 living species of dormice, with half of living species belonging to the African genus Graphiurus.
==Etymology== The word dormouse comes from Middle English , of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal element *dor-, from Old Norse and Middle English .
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