The garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) is a species of dormouse native to Europe. The garden dormouse is gray or brown, with a whitish underside. It has black eye markings and large ears. Its hair is short, and its tail has a white tassel at the end.

Garden dormice (Eliomys quercinus) are rodents in the dormouse family. They are named for their long, dormant hibernation period. Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal",...

The garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) is a rodent in the dormouse family. Garden Dormice are usually 10 to 15 cm (3.9 to 5.9 in) in length, with the tail adding another 8 to 14.5 cm (3.1 to 5.7 in). It weighs 60 to 140 g (2.1 to 4.9 oz). The coat is gray or brown and it is white underneath.

Unlike the edible dormouse, which mainly needs natural cavities for breeding, the garden dormouse can nest in a variety of places, such as between tree branches or thick bushes, inside stone walls or cliffs, in old roofs, bird nests, cavities or …

Garden dormice may take over bird or squirrel nests. If they build a nest from scratch, it may contain leaves and grass. Because garden dormice live in a variety of habitats, they can be found both in the trees and on the ground. If arboreal, the compact nest will …

Lerot in France, the Garden dormouse, are found in similar habitats to the Loir more or less everywhere throughout the whole of France; they are sedentary and rarely travel more than 150 metres from their nest site…..read more

Garden dormice can nest almost anywhere quiet and safe, from tree hollows and bird boxes to burrows abandoned by other animals beneath the ground. They are excellent climbers and often spend time in trees, which aids in both foraging and predator avoidance.

The Asian garden dormouse or large-eared garden dormouse, [2] (Eliomys melanurus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey.

A dormouse is a rodent of the family Gliridae (this family is also variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by different taxonomists). Dormice are nocturnal animals found in Africa, Asia, and Europe.

The garden dormouse is a mainly nocturnal rodent. It is intermediate in size between the edible and hazel dormice, with relatively large ears. The upper side is brown and the underside paler. The face has distinctive blackish markings around the eye and above and below the eye.