Gliridae

Also known as Myoxidae, dormouse, dormice

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.

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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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Species

Gliridae

FAMILY

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyGliridae

Observations recorded181,916

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Research

169 papers

Gliridae and Eomyidae (Rodentia) of the Miocene Tagay fauna (Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia).Palaeobiodiversity and palaeoenvironments · 2022Daxner-Höck G, Mörs T, Filinov IA et al.DOI: 10.1007/s12549-022-00551-1
The mitochondrial genome of the critically endangered enigmatic Kazakhstani endemic Selevinia betpakdalaensis (Rodentia: Gliridae) and its phylogenetic relationships with other dormouse species.Scientific reports · 2024Petrova TV, Panitsina VA, Bodrov SY et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-73703-2
Mitogenomic Analysis of Glirids (Gliridae) and Squirrels (Sciuridae) From Türkiye: Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications Within the Suborder Sciuromorpha.Ecology and evolution · 2025İbiş O, Selçuk AY, Teber S et al.DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70956
Review of records of hymenolepidids (Eucestoda: Hymenolepididae) from dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae) in Europe, with a redescription of Armadolepis spasskyi Tenora & Baruš, 1958 and the description of A. genovi n. sp.Systematic parasitology · 2020Makarikov AA, Georgiev BBDOI: 10.1007/s11230-019-09891-7
Monitoring Campaign over an Edible Dormouse Population (Glis glis; Rodentia: Gliridae) in Sicily: First Report of Mesocestodiasis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Schirò G, Pieri D, Lo Valvo M et al.DOI: 10.3390/ani11040934
Conserved although very different karyotypes in Gliridae and Sciuridae and their contribution to chromosomal signatures in Glires.Cytogenetic and genome research · 2011Sannier J, Gerbault-Seureau M, Dutrillaux B et al.DOI: 10.1159/000324691
What should we do about monkeypox?Animal models and experimental medicine · 2022Chen S, Li X, Zhang L et al.DOI: 10.1002/ame2.12275
Fleas (Siphonaptera) in the Nests of Dormice (Gliridae: Rodentia) in Lithuania.Journal of medical entomology · 2015Lipatova I, Stanko M, Paulauskas A et al.DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjv033

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: Gliridae
taxon name: Gliridae
Commons gallery: Gliridae
taxon common name: loir

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Contents

Etymology
Characteristics
Hibernation
Relationship with humans
Evolution
Classification
Fossil genera
References
Further reading
External links

==Etymology== The word dormouse comes from Middle English , of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal element *dor-, from Old Norse and Middle English .