Hazel dormouse
The hazel dormouse or common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a small dormouse species native to Europe and the only living species in the genus Muscardinus.
| Hazel dormouse Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Leithiinae |
| Genus: | Muscardinus Kaup, 1829 |
| Species: | M. avellanarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Muscardinus avellanarius | |
| Geographic range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mus avellanarius Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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