#0110 · 🦊 mammals
European Fat Dormouse
🇳🇱 Relmuis ·Glis glis
📍 Alytaus r. sav., Lietuva
📍 Ucieka, 65342 Varėna District Municipality, Lithuania
📍 Chirpan, Bulgaria
📍 Kaunas District Municipality, Lithuania
📍 Rheinland-Pfalz, DE
📍 Torino, IT
📍 Schwabing-West, München, Deutschland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Gianmaria Marchese · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © sergiog110 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Alytaus r. sav., Lietuva:© Kazimieras Martinaitis · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Ucieka, 65342 Varėna District Municipality, Lithuania:© Kazimieras Martinaitis · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Chirpan, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Kaunas District Municipality, Lithuania:© Kazimieras Martinaitis · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Rheinland-Pfalz, DE:© Kasper Hendriks · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Torino, IT:© Mattia Menchetti · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Schwabing-West, München, Deutschland:© Michael Barth · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The edible dormouse or fat dormouse ( Glis glis ) is a large dormouse and the only living species in the genus Glis , found in most of western Europe. Its name comes from the Romans, who ate them as a delicacy.
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.
- 3,818 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Fat Dormouse
- Nederlands
- Relmuis
- scientific name
- Glis glis
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Gliridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 3,290
- sightings worldwide
- 3,818
- GBIF records in NL
- 5
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Gliridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 74383, Wikidata Q147128, GBIF 5706486, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.