List of glirids
{{short description|Species in mammal family Gliridae}}
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File:Graphiurus_spec_-murinus-1.jpg sp.|alt=Gray and white dormouse]]
Gliridae is a family of small mammals in the order Rodentia and part of the Sciuromorpha suborder. Members of this family are called glirids or dormice. They are found in Europe, Africa, and western and central Asia, primarily in forests, savannas, and shrublands, though some species can be found in wetlands, deserts, or rocky areas. They range in size from Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse, at {{convert|6|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} plus a {{convert|6|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail, to the European edible dormouse, at {{convert|19|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} plus an {{convert|18|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail. Glirids are omnivores and feed on fruit and nuts, as well as invertebrates, birds and their eggs, and small rodents. The desert dormouse feeds primarily on insects and spiders. No glirids have population estimates, though none are categorized as endangered species or critically endangered.
The twenty-nine extant species of Gliridae are divided into three subfamilies: Glirinae, containing two species in two genera; Graphiurinae, containing a single genus of fifteen species; and Leithiinae, containing twelve species in six genera. A few extinct prehistoric glirid species have been discovered, though due to ongoing research and discoveries, the exact number and categorization is not fixed.
Conventions
{{IUCN statuses|ex=0|ew=0|cr=0|en=0|vu=3|nt=0|lc=15|dd=11|ne=0}}
Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the glirid's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN Red List for that species unless otherwise noted.
Classification
Gliridae is a family consisting of twenty-nine species in nine genera. These genera are divided between three subfamilies: Glirinae, Graphiurinae, and Leithiinae.
Family Gliridae
- Subfamily Glirinae
- Genus Glirulus (Japanese dormouse): one species
- Genus Glis (European edible dormouse): one species
- Subfamily Graphiurinae
- Genus Graphiurus (African dormice): fifteen species
- Subfamily Leithiinae
- Genus Chaetocauda (Chinese dormouse): one species
- Genus Dryomys (forest dormice): three species
- Genus Eliomys (garden dormice): three species
- Genus Muscardinus (hazel dormouse): one species
- Genus Myomimus (mouse-tailed dormouse): three species
- Genus Selevinia (desert dormouse): one species
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Glirids
The following classification is based on the taxonomy described by the reference work Mammal Species of the World (2005), with augmentation by generally accepted proposals made since using molecular phylogenetic analysis, as supported by both the IUCN and the American Society of Mammalogists.
=Subfamily Glirinae=
{{Main article|Glirinae}}
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Glirulus |authority-name=Thomas |authority-year=1906 |species-count=one}}
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|name=Japanese dormouse |binomial=G. japonicus
|image=File:%E3%83%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8DGlirulus_japonicus.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown and white dormice
|authority-name=Schinz |authority-year=1845 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Japan |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|6|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|3|–|6|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Glis |authority-name=Brisson |authority-year=1762 |species-count=one}}
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|name=European edible dormouse |binomial=G. glis
|image=File:Edible_dormouse_-_Relmuis_-_Glis_glis.jpg |image-size=119px |image-alt=Brown and white dormouse
|authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1766 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Europe and western Asia |range-image=File:Mapa_Glis_glis.png |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|13|–|19|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|10|–|18|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
=Subfamily Graphiurinae=
{{Main article|Graphiurinae}}
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Graphiurus |authority-name=Smuts |authority-year=1832 |species-count=fifteen}}
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|name=Angolan African dormouse |binomial=G. angolensis
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=De Winton |authority-year=1897
|range=Angola and Zambia |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|7|–|12|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|7|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
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|name=Christy's dormouse |binomial=G. christyi
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Dollman |authority-year=1914
|range=Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|8|–|11|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|7|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Jentink's dormouse |binomial=G. crassicaudatus
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Jentink |authority-year=1888 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Western Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|8|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|5|–|7|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Johnston's African dormouse |binomial=G. johnstoni
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Thomas |authority-year=1898
|range=Malawi |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|6|–|9|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|6|–|8|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Kellen's dormouse |binomial=G. kelleni
|image=File:Kellen's African Dormouse, Kalumbila, Zambia imported from iNaturalist photo 288914194.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Gray and white dormouse
|authority-name=Reuvens |authority-year=1890 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Scattered Sub-Saharan Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|7|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|5|–|9|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Lorrain dormouse |binomial=G. lorraineus
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Dollman |authority-year=1910
|range=Western and central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|7|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|5|–|8|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Monard's dormouse |binomial=G. monardi
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=St. Leger |authority-year=1936 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=South-central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size=About {{convert|16|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus about {{convert|13|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Nagtglas's African dormouse |binomial=G. nagtglasii
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Jentink |authority-year=1888
|range=Western Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|12|–|16|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|6|–|13|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Rock dormouse |binomial=G. platyops
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Thomas |authority-year=1897
|range=Southern Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|9|–|13|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|6|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|habitat=Forest and rocky areas
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
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|name=Silent dormouse |binomial=G. surdus
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Dollman |authority-year=1912
|range=Western Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|8|–|11|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|6|–|9|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
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|name=Small-eared dormouse |binomial=G. microtis
|image=File:Graphiurus microtis 15884559.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Gray and white dormouse
|authority-name=Noack |authority-year=1887 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Scattered Sub-Saharan Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|7|–|12|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|6|–|9|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|habitat=Forest, savanna, and shrubland
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Spectacled dormouse |binomial=G. ocularis
|image=File:Graphiurus_ocularis00.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Gray and white dormouse
|authority-name=Smith |authority-year=1829 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=South Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|11|–|15|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|10|–|15|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|habitat=Shrubland and rocky areas
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Stone dormouse |binomial=G. rupicola
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Thomas & Hinton |authority-year=1925 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Namibia and South Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|10|–|12|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|9|–|12|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Walter Verheyen's African dormouse |binomial=G. walterverheyeni
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Holden & Levine |authority-year=2009
|range=Democratic Republic of the Congo |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size=About {{convert|7|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus about {{convert|6|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Woodland dormouse |binomial=G. murinus
|image=File:Graphiurus_murinus_Plzen_zoo_02.2011.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown and white dormouse
|authority-name=Desmarest |authority-year=1822 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Eastern and southern Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|8|–|12|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|7|–|9|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|habitat=Inland wetlands, grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
=Subfamily Leithiinae=
{{Main article|Leithiinae}}
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Chaetocauda |authority-name=Wang |authority-year=1985 |species-count=one}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Chinese dormouse |binomial=C. sichuanensis
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Wang |authority-year=1985
|range=Central China |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|9|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|9|–|11|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Dryomys |authority-name=Thomas |authority-year=1905 |species-count=three}}
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|name=Balochistan forest dormouse |binomial=D. niethammeri
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Holden |authority-year=1996
|range=Central Pakistan |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|9|–|11|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus about {{convert|9|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=VU |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Forest dormouse |binomial=D. nitedula
|image=File:Dryomys_nitedula.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown and white dormouse
|authority-name=Pallas |authority-year=1778 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Eastern Europe and western and central Asia |range-image=File:DryomysNitedulaIUCNver2019-3.png |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|7|–|11|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|6|–|11|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|habitat=Forest, shrubland, and rocky areas
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Woolly dormouse |binomial=D. laniger
|image=File:Woolly_Forest_Dormouse.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Gray and white dormouse
|authority-name=Felten & Storch |authority-year=1968
|range=Turkey |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|8|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|4|–|8|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Eliomys |authority-name=Wagner |authority-year=1840 |species-count=three}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Asian garden dormouse |binomial=E. melanurus
|image=File:Frankfurt_Zoo_-_Desert_Dormouse.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Gray dormouse
|authority-name=Wagner |authority-year=1839 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Northern Africa and western Asia |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|11|–|15|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|10|–|14|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|habitat=Forest, shrubland, and rocky areas
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Garden dormouse |binomial=E. quercinus
|image=File:Eliomys_quercinus01.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown and white dormouse
|authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1766 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Europe and western Asia |range-image=File:Eliomys_quercinus_distribution.svg |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|9|–|12|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|8|–|11|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|habitat=Forest and rocky areas
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=VU |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Maghreb garden dormouse |binomial=E. munbyanus
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Pomel |authority-year=1856 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Northern Africa |range-image=File:Eliomys_munbyanus_range_map.png |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|10|–|14|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|9|–|12|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|habitat=Coastal marine, desert, rocky areas, shrubland, and forest
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Muscardinus |authority-name=Kaup |authority-year=1829 |species-count=one}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Hazel dormouse |binomial=M. avellanarius
|image=File:Haselmaus.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown dormouse
|authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1758 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Europe and western Asia |range-image=File:Muscardinus_avellanarius_distribution.svg |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|6|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|5|–|9|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Myomimus |authority-name=Ogniov |authority-year=1924 |species-count=three}}
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|name=Masked mouse-tailed dormouse |binomial=M. personatus
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Ogniov |authority-year=1924
|range=West-central Asia |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|7|–|8|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|5|–|7|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse |binomial=M. roachi
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Bate |authority-year=1937 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Southeastern Europe and Turkey |range-image=File:Mouse-tailed_dormouse_range.png |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|8|–|14|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|6|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|habitat=Shrubland and unknown
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=VU |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}
}}
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|name=Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse |binomial=M. setzeri
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Rossolimo |authority-year=1976
|range=Western Asia |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|6|–|9|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|6|–|7|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Selevinia |authority-name=Belosludov & Bazhanov |authority-year=1939 |species-count=one}}
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|name=Desert dormouse |binomial=S. betpakdalaensis
|image=File:Selevinia betpakdalaensis.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown and white dormouse on stamp
|authority-name=Belosludov & Bazhanov |authority-year=1939
|range=Kazakhstan |range-image= |range-image-size=180px
|size={{convert|7|–|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|5|–|8|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail
|no-diet=yes
|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown
|direction={{population change unknown}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
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