Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Rodentia > Family: Myoxidae > Genus: Eliomys > Species: Eliomys quercinus > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Eliomys quercinus ophiusae Thomas, 1925

Garden dormouse - Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Near Threatened (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	sparsely vegetated land woodland and forest
May also occur in	agricultural mosaics cropland heathland and shrub urban
Natura 2000 species code	2615

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Near Threatened

Europe

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Gliridae)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Darza susuris	Latvian	Latvian NRC
Eikelmuis	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gaardeschléifer	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Garden dormouse	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gartenschläfer	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Garðsvæfla	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hagesyvsover	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Havesyvsover	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kerti pele	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lagrits	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Leirão	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lérot	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lirón careto	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Oravhiir	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Plch zahradní	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Plch záhradný	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rato-dos-pomares	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tammihiiri	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Topo quercino	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Trädgårdssovare	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vrtni polh	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vrtni puh	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
zolednica	Polish	Polish NRC

Synonym	Author
Mus quercinus	Linnaeus, 1766
Myoxus nitella	Schreber, 1782
Myoxus quercinus	Blasius, 1857
Eliomys hortularis	Cabrera, 1904
Eliomys hamiltonii	Cabrera, 1907

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Eliomys quercinus	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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