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Japanese dormouse
Japanese dormouse
(Glirulus japonicus)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Myoxidae
Genus
Glirulus
(1)
Size
Head- body length: 65 – 80 cm
(2)
Tail length: 40 – 55 cm
(2)
Weight
14 – 40 g
(2)
Status
Classified as Least Concern (LC) by the IUCN Red List
(1)
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