THE COMMON DORMOUSE. — A pretty Rodent famous for its torpidity in tlie winter and its liveliness in the summer months. Tlie animals shown in the picture are appiopriately placed amid arboreal surroundings, and the Dormouse to the right is shown in a Squirrel-like, sitting posture whicn is often assumed by these animals. (Muscardinus avellanarius)

Title: Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia
Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/brehmslifeofanim1896breh/#page/n346/mode/1up
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Alfred Edmund Brehm, 1829-1884; Edward Pechuel-Loesche, 1840-1913; Wilhelm Haacke, 1855-1912; Richard Schmidtlein
Subjects: Mammals; Animal behavior
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABrehm%2527s_Life_of_animals_-_a_complete_natural_history_for_popular_home_instruction_and_for_the_use_of_schools._Mammalia_%281896%29_%2820226859239%29.jpg

The hazel dormouse or common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a small dormouse species native to Europe and the only living species in the genus Muscardinus. The hazel dormouse is native to northern Europe and Asia Minor. It is the only dormouse native to the British Isles, and is therefore often referred to simply as the "dormouse" in British sources. The hazel dormice are "particularly associated with deciduous woodland" but also inhabit hedgerows and scrub. Dormice seldom travel more than 70 m from their nest.

Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Subfamily: Leithiinae
Genus: Muscardinus
Species: Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
- Mus avellanarius Linnaeus, 1758