Edible dormouse
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[Photo] Fat Dormouse (Glis glis). Bildbeschreibung: Siebenschl??fer, Frankreich, Provence, 2004. Fotograf/Zeichner: Marcus Ostermann. Datum: 20.08.2004.

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The edible dormouse or fat dormouse (Glis glis) is a small dormouse and the only species in the genus Glis. It was farmed and eaten by the ancient Romans, from which it gains its name. The dormice were kept and raised either in large pits or (in less spacious urban surroundings) in terra cotta containers, not completely unlike contemporary hamster cages. The dormice would finally be cooked and eaten, usually as a snack.

To this day, wild edible dormice are consumed in Slovenia, where they are considered a rare delicacy, although their use as food was more widespread before World War II.

The edible dormouse lives in continental Europe and has been introduced to the Chilterns of England. In England, the edible dormouse population is concentrated in a 200-square-mile triangle between Beaconsfield, Aylesbury and Luton.

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