Garden dormouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus Vulnerable

Where the garden dormouse lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 18,487 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Eliomys quercinus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Gliridae

Where does the garden dormouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the garden dormouse in 6 countries and territories across Europe.

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 garden dormouse endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the garden dormouse?

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

About the garden dormouse

The garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) is a species of dormouse native to Europe.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Garden dormouse (revision 1364178507), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q465786 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).