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Woolly dormouse

Dryomys laniger Felten & Storch, 1968

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The woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) is a species in the family Gliridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 20 g to 25.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.

Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger)
Photo: Telegro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the woolly dormouse

Weight
20 g – 25.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
30.2 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
4.18src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the woolly dormouse live?

Not recorded

What is the woolly dormouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae endemic to Turkey.

From the Wikipedia article “Woolly dormouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woolly_dormouse&oldid=1315176427), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the woolly dormouse endangered?

The woolly dormouse is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species.

How is the woolly dormouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyGliridae
  6. genusDryomys
  7. SpeciesDryomys laniger Felten & Storch, 1968
Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Woolly forest dormouseEnglish
  • Woolly forest dormouseEnglish
  • زغبة الغابة الصوفيةArabic
  • plch vlnatýCzech
  • FelsenschläferGerman
  • Türkischer BaumschläferGerman
  • turkinunihiiriFinnish
  • Lérotin laineuxFrench
  • Driomio lanosoItalian
  • ウーリーモリヤマネJapanese
  • koszatka wełnistaPolish
  • Пушистая соняRussian
  • Анатолийская соняRussian
  • Kaya YediuyuruTurkish
  • Anadolu KayauyuruTurkish
  • 亞洲林睡鼠Chinese

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Relatives of the woolly dormouse

Other species in the same genus Dryomys.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the woolly dormouse?

An adult woolly dormouse weighs 20 g – 25.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the woolly dormouse endangered?

The woolly dormouse is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

How long is the woolly dormouse pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 30.2 days.

What kind of animal is the woolly dormouse?

The woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) belongs to the family Gliridae in the order Rodentia.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{woolly_dormouse_2026,
  title = {Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/woolly-dormouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}