Garden dormouse  (Eliomys quercinus)

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Glossary

  • Carnivorous: flesh-eating.
  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Hibernation: a winter survival strategy characteristic of some mammals in which an animal’s metabolic rate slows down and a state of deep sleep is attained. Whilst hibernating, animals survive on stored reserves of fat that they have accumulated in summer.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (June, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World.Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
  3. Baudoin, C. (2006) Dormice. In: Macdonald, D.W. (Ed) The Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  4. IUCN 2007 European Mammal Assessment (August, 2008)
    http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species/ema
  5. Council of Europe: Bern Convention (August, 2008)
    http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/conventions/bern/default_en.asp
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