Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Common Dormouse, Hazel Dormouse, Hazel Mouse
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,037 meters (0 to 9,964 feet).Mean = 180.640 meters (592.651 feet), Standard Deviation = 309.600 based on 5,092 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: An arboreal species (Nowak 1999). (Ref. 96774)
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna in Stucky & Mckenna in Benton, Ed., 1993:7
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975:41
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:viii, 113
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Rodents
- Infraorder:
Glirimorpha
()
- (Thaler, 1966:11, 101) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:17
- Family:
Myoxidae
()
- Subfamily:
Glirinae
()
- Tribe:
Muscardinini
()
- Genus:
Muscardinus
()
- Kaup, 1829
- Specific name:
avellanarius
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
avellanarius
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Muscardinus
(
- Tribe:
Muscardinini
(
- Subfamily:
Glirinae
(
- Family:
Myoxidae
(
- Infraorder:
Glirimorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 31-Jul-2002
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Muscardinus
There are approximately 12 species in this genus:
M. austriacus · M. avellanarius (Common Dormouse) · M. avellanarius avellanarius · M. avellanarius kroecki · M. avellanarius trapezius · M. crusafonti · M. dacicus · M. hispanicus · M. pliocaenicus · M. sansaniense · M. sansaniensis · M. vireti
Bibliography
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- MSW (=Mammal Species of the World)
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 15 providers.
- Tchabovsky, A. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Mammal Research Institute PAS, Mammal Collection
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Natural England - Dormouse site inventory
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2481492
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-584974
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13805208
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 584974
- IUCN ID: 13992
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6540
