#0180 · 🦊 mammals
Eurasian Forest Dormouse
🇳🇱 Bosslaapmuis ·Dryomys nitedula
📍 Kaišiadorių r. sav., Lietuva
📍 Aksyi, Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan
📍 مشقيتا
📍 Provincia di Potenza, Italia
📍 Prägraten am Großvenediger, 9974, Österreich
📍 Камышинский р-н, Волгоградская обл., Россия
📍 Taskaynak Cd., Arnavutkoy, Istanbul, TR
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © 中国鼠害控制研究者联盟 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Jakub Pełka · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Alexander Yakovlev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Kaišiadorių r. sav., Lietuva:© Kazimieras Martinaitis · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Aksyi, Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan:© Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. مشقيتا:© Diana S Jabbour · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Provincia di Potenza, Italia:© Giuseppe Cosenza · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Prägraten am Großvenediger, 9974, Österreich:© Miriam Öttl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Камышинский р-н, Волгоградская обл., Россия:© Aleksandr Popov / Александр Попов · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Taskaynak Cd., Arnavutkoy, Istanbul, TR:© orhangoksal · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The forest dormouse ( Dryomys nitedula ) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae found in eastern Europe, the Balkans and parts of western Central Asia. It is categorized as being of least concern in the IUCN List of Threatened Species due to its wide range and stable population trend. Forest dormice have a diploid count (2n) of 48 chromosomes. Even though this species lives in a variety of geographic locations, its greatest population density is...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 262 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1778 (248 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eurasian Forest Dormouse
- Nederlands
- Bosslaapmuis
- scientific name
- Dryomys nitedula
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Gliridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 183
- sightings worldwide
- 262
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1778 by Peter Simon Pallas
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Gliridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 45867, Wikidata Q300984, GBIF 2439688, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.