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Forest dormouse
Dryomys is a genus of dormouse found throughout much of Eurasia, known collectively as the forest dormice. They generally occur in forests or thickets.
Head and body is 8–13 cm (3.1–5.1 in), and tail length is 6–11 cm (2.4–4.3 in). The animals weigh 18–36 g (0.63–1.3 oz).
Natural history
These dormice hibernate in hollows or in burrows, but nightly nesting is done in low branches or shrubs. They are quite at home in an arboreal setting. The animals are nocturnal.
They are omnivorous feeding on seeds, acorns, buds, invertebrates, eggs, and bird nestlings.
Forest dormice breed from March to December in the southern part of their range and May to August in the north. Gestation is 21-30 days and 2-5 young are born at a time.
Species
- Woolly Dormouse, Dryomys laniger
- Balochistan Forest Dormouse (Niethammer's Dormouse), Dryomys niethammeri
- Forest Dormouse, Dryomys nitedula
References
- Duff, A. and A. Lawson. 2004. Mammals of the World A Checklist. New Haven, Yale University Press.
- Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, London.
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