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The hazel dormouse is native to northern Europe and Asia Minor. It is the only dormouse native to the British Isles, and is therefore often referred to simply as the "dormouse" in British sources, although the edible dormouse, Glis glis, has been accidentally introduced and now has an established population in South East England.
The word dormouse comes from Middle English dormous, of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal element *dor-, from Old Norse dár ' benumbed ' and Middle English mous ' mouse '. The word is sometimes conjectured to come from an Anglo-Norman derivative of dormir ' to sleep ' , with the second element mistaken for mouse , but no such Anglo ...
The word dormouse comes from Middle English dormous, of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal *dor-, from Old Norse dár 'benumbed' and Middle English mous 'mouse'.. The word is sometimes conjectured to come from an Anglo-Norman derivative of dormir 'to sleep', with the second element mistaken for mouse, but no such Anglo-Norman term is known to have existed.
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Tiny rare dormice underwent a health check as the ZSL London Zoo prepares to release them into the wild in an effort to reintroduce the species once common across England and Wales. Each British ...
A bat survey at Moor Copse near Reading identified no less than 12 different bat species, as well as eight species of small mammal, including hazel dormouse and water vole.
Maghreb garden dormouse, Eliomys munbyanus; Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus; Genus Hypnomys† (Balearic dormouse) Hypnomys morphaeus† Hypnomys mahonensis† Genus Leithia† Genus Muscardinus. Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius; Genus Myomimus, mouse-tailed dormice Masked mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus personatus
Before the paparazzi and TMZ, we had to rely on celebrity postcards to get a glimpse into the private estates (and Christmas trees) of Hollywood’s finest.These vintage postcards from the 1920s ...