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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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Glis is a genus of rodent that contains two extant species, both known as edible dormice or fat dormice: the European edible dormouse (Glis glis) and the Iranian edible dormouse (Glis persicus). It also contains a number of fossil species. [2]
Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula; Genus Eliomys, garden dormice Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus; 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
Corylus americana, the American hazelnut [3] or American hazel, [4] is a species of deciduous shrub in the genus Corylus, native to the eastern and central United States and extreme southern parts of eastern and central Canada.
The hazelnut weevil feeds solely off the Western beaked hazel. [7] American beavers prefer Eastern beaked hazel browse, and consume it to such an extent that they reduce its relative abundance in favor of conifers. [7] The nuts of C. cornuta californica are an important food source for squirrels, especially as a backup in times of acorn crop ...