The forest dormice, genus Dryomys, are a genus of dormouse found throughout much of Eurasia. They are usually found in forests or thickets.
The length of the head and body is , and the length of the tail is . The animals weigh .
These dormice hibernate in tree hollows or in burrows. At night they nest in low branches or shrubs. They spend most of their lives in trees. They are nocturnal animals.
They are omnivorous feeding on seeds, acorns, buds, invertebrates, eggs, and baby birds.
Forest dormice in southern areas breed from March to December. Forest dormice in northern areas breed from May to August. Gestation takes 21-30 days and 2-5 young are born at a time.
Eliomys
Eliomys is a genus of rodent in the Gliridae family.
It contains the following species:
Asian garden dormouse
The Asian garden dormouse ("Eliomys melanurus") is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and rocky areas.
Johann Andreas Wagner
Johann Andreas Wagner (21 March 1797 – 17 December 1861) was a German palaeontologist, zoologist and archaeologist.
Wagner was a professor at the University of Munich. He was also the of the Zoologische Staatssammlung (the German State Zoology Collection). He was the author of "Die Geographische Verbreitung der Säugethiere Dargestellt" (1844-46).
Garden dormouse
The garden dormouse ("Eliomys quercinus") is a rodent in the dormouse family.
Garden Dormice are usually in length, with the tail adding another . It weighs . The coat is gray or brown and it is white underneath. The garden dormouse has black eye marks, large ears (for a rodent), short hair, and a white tassel at the end of the tail.
The garden dormouse's "main" habitat is the forest (and not usually gardens), though it can also be found in fruit-growing regions. It is very common in southern Europe, but its range (the area in can be found) goes up to the north of Europe. Garden dormice are often found in the Alps, in the Bavaria Forest, and in the Ore Mountains.
The species can also be found in northern Germany, but the population there is low. In the Netherlands, it is nearly extinct. In 2007 only nine animals were found in two woods in Limburg. It used to be very common in this area. Scientists
think that his is because the landscape has changed. They also think that climate change might be a reason, because it interrupts the Dormice's hibernation.
Garden dormice are mostly nocturnal. They sleep in spherical nests in trees during the day. At night they look for food like larger insects (grasshoppers and beetle), snails, eggs, baby birds, small mice, and spiders. They also eat berries, fruit, and nuts (like acorns and beechnuts). While omnivorous, the diet of dormice contains a bit more animal protein than vegetation.
The mating period is from April to June. To show that she is ready for mating, the female squeaks loudly. The babies are usually born in litters of three to seven, after a gestation period of 23 days. The babies are blind and have no fur when they are born. They open their eyes after about eighteen days. They are nursed until they are one month old. When they are two months old, they live on their own. They become ready to mate when they are a year old. They will normally live for about five years.
Male Garden dormice may eat a rival dormouse during the mating season. Cannibalism sometimes happens when the animal is coming out of hibernation.
On the islands of the Mediterranean Sea there are a few subspecies of garden dormouse. They are all very hard to find. These subspecies are:
The Garden dormice in western Asia and north Africa have been separated into their own species "Eliomys melanurus".
Myomimus
Myomimus is a genus of dormouse in the Gliridae family.
It contains the following species:
Masked mouse-tailed dormouse
The masked mouse-tailed dormouse ("Myomimus personatus") is a species of dormouse in the Gliridae family. It is found in Iran and Turkmenistan.
Sergej Ognew
Sergej Ivanovich Ognew (1886–1951) was a Russian zoologist and naturalist, remembered for his work on mammalogy. He graduated from Moscow University in 1910. In 1910 he also published his first book. In 1928, he became a professor at the Pedagogical Institute. He published many books for education about zoology and economy. His most important work which was to be called "Mammals of Russia and adjacent territories" was never completed.
Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse
Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse ("Myomimus roachi"), also known as the ground dormouse or mouse-tailed dormouse, is a species of dormouse in the Gliridae family. It is found in Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey.
Charles Spence Bate
Charles Spence Bate, or Spence Bate, FRS (March 16, 1819 – July 29, 1889) was a British zoologist and dentist, who lived in Swansea and Plymouth. He was an expert on the crustacea. He often wrote to Charles Darwin, mainly about their shared interest in barnacles. He wrote ""A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea"" with J. O. Westwood.
A number of species are named after him:
Flag of Bangladesh
The national flag of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের জাতীয় পতাকা) was adopted officially on 17 January 1972. The red disc is for the sun rising over Bengal. It also is for the blood of those who died for the independence of Bangladesh. The green field stands for the lushness of the land of Bangladesh. It also indicates the freshness of the youths and vitality of the nation.
Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse
The Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse ("Myomimus setzeri") is a species of dormouse in the Gliridae family. It is endemic to Iran.
Desert dormouse
The desert dormouse ("Selevinia betpakdalaensis") is a species of rodent in the dormouse family Gliridae.
When it was first found, the species was placed in its own family, the Seleviniidae, but now it is considered to be a dormouse. It is the only species in the genus "Selevinia".
It is endemic to Kazakhstan.
Glirinae
Glirinae is a subfamily of dormice ("Gliridae").
It contains two genera, "Glirulus" and "Glis". These genera have one species each: "Glirulus japonicus" (the Japanese dormouse) and "Glis glis" (the edible dormouse).
Japanese dormouse
The Japanese dormouse ("Glirulus japonicus") is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is the only species in the genus Glirulus. It is endemic to Japan.
Its natural habitat is temperate forests. In Japanese it is called "Yamane" (山鼠). It has the special ability of running at great speed upside down, underneath branches. Its main food is nectar or pollen, although nursing females will eat small insects.
Heinrich Rudolf Schinz
Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (March 30, 1777 - March 8, 1861) was a Swiss physician and naturalist.
Schinz was born at Zurich and studied medicine at Würzburg and Jena. In 1798 he returning to Zurich to work as a doctor. In 1804 he became a teacher at the medical school. In 1833 he became professor of natural history at the University of Zurich.
Schinz was also curator of the Natural History Society of Zurich. He also wrote a lot of important zoological books between 1824 and 1852. These included "Das Thierreich" (1821-4), "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Reptilien" (1833-4), and
"Europäsche Fauna" (1840). Karl Joseph Brodtmann made the pictures for these books.
List of colonial heads of The Gambia
This is a list of colonial administrators in The Gambia from when Fort James was created by the United Kingdom in 1815 until The Gambia's independence in 1965.
In 1821, The Gambia became a British colony. A lieutenant governor was appointed in 1829. They reported to the Governor of Sierra Leone.
Between 1843 and 1866, a governor was appointed who was independent of the Governor of Sierra Leone.