Asian garden dormouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Asian garden dormouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Eliomys melanurus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Gliridae

Where does the Asian garden dormouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Asian garden dormouse in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Egypt

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Asian garden dormouse endangered?

The Asian garden dormouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Asian garden dormouse?

The Asian garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Gliridae, genus Eliomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Asian garden dormouse

The Asian garden dormouse or large-eared garden dormouse (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.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas and gardens.

It is active throughout the year but can enter a state of torpor. Diet consists mainly of insects, snails, centipedes and geckos but as an omnivore, it will also eat plant matter. It is a common species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Asian garden dormouse (revision 1374118844), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1751843 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).