There are 29 different dormice around the world, but the hazel dormouse is the only one native to Britain. There is a population of the much larger edible dormouse, which used to be a delicacy in ...

The edible dormouse can hibernate for more than 11 months at a time. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark. What animal hibernates the longest?

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Rodents, wood engravings, published in 1877 Rodents: Hamster (Cricetus frumentarius), Marmot (Arctomys marmota), Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata), Common vole, (Arvicola arvalis, or Microtus ...

Numbers of the hazel dormouse, otherwise known as the common dormouse, are dwindling. Since the turn of the century, numbers of hazel dormice have decreased by more than a third up to 2016.

The seeds of beech trees are an important source of energy for rodents like the edible dormouse (Glis glis). In fact, beechnuts are a preferred food for the animals. The long-lived rodents need the ...

An edible dormouse on a tree in Italy Marco Simonini / REDA&CO / Universal Images Group via Getty Images. The European edible dormouse, a squirrel-like nocturnal mammal, is perhaps the ...

The edible dormouse, whose Latin name Glis glis translates from a root implying connection to weasels and mice, is a nocturnal animal that favors deciduous forests dominated by oak and beech. In their ...

Hazel dormice are classed as vulnerable but the other kind of dormouse found in the UK (nicknamed edible dormice because the Romans liked to eat them) is of least concern.