Glis glis - #559
Fat Dormouse
Side view
Geographic Distribution
Europe, N Turkey, the Caucasus, N Iran and SW Turkmenistan: N Spain, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland; Ukraine north to Belorus, Lithuania and Latvia, east to Volga River, south to Saratov and Voronezh; Caucasus Mtns south to N Iran and SW Turkmenistan; the Mediterranean (except S and C Iberia, Balearic Isls), Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Elba, Italy, including Sicilia, Eolia and N Adriatic Isls, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia; Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete, Corfu, Cephalonia, Turkish Thrace, N Turkey. Introduced to England
Order/Family
Gliridae
Genus
Glis
Specific Epithet
glis
Image Location
C Bohemia, Czech Republic
Image Date
1980
Photographer
M Andera