Woolly_dormouse
Woolly dormouse
Species of rodent
The woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae endemic to Turkey.
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Woolly dormouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Gliridae |
Genus: | Dryomys |
Species: | D. laniger |
Binomial name | |
Dryomys laniger Felten & Storch, 1968 | |
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The woolly dormouse's range is restricted to south-west to eastern Anatolia along the Taurus Mountains. It lives in rocky and stony alpine sites. In its south-western range, it is found in rocky areas surrounded by cedar, juniper, cypress, fir and oak trees.
It is an omnivore, eating arthropods such as beetles and grasshoppers as well as some vegetable matter.[2]
- Kryštufek, B.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Dryomys laniger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6859A78318542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T6859A78318542.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Aulagnier S.; P. Haffner, A. J. Mitchell-Jones, F. Moutou & J. Zima (2009) Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, A&C Black, London.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- Holden, M. E. 2005, Family Gliridae. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds.), Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, pp. 819–841.