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Japanese dormouse

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Gliridae
Subfamily:	Glirinae
Genus:	Glirulus
Species:	G. japonicus
Binomial name
*Glirulus japonicus* (Schinz, 1845)

The Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae endemic to Japan. It is the only extant species within the genus Glirulus.^[2] Its natural habitat is temperate forests. In Japanese, it is called yamane (やまね or 山鼠). Among dormice, it has the special ability of running at great speed upside down, suspended from branches. Its main food is fruit, insects, berries, nuts, and even flowers. It tends to inhabit arboreal nesting sites to avoid interspecific competition with the small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus) because of their sympatric relationship.^[3]

Description

Japanese dormice have a similar appearance to squirrels and mice.^[4] Japanese dormice are some of the smallest types of dormice only weighing up to 40 grams, with the body being less than 8 centimeters (3 inches) long and the tail being up to 6 centimeters (2 inches).^[5] Japanese dormice live for 2-5 years.^[6]

Behavior

Diet

Japanese dormice are omnivores and have a diet mainly consisting of fruits, berries, nuts, insects, and even flowers.^[7] Japanese dormice diet also consists of spiders, bird eggs and nestlings, other small rodents and even other dormice.^[8]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Glirulus japonicus.

^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Glirulus japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T9246A22222495. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T9246A22222495.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. pp. 819–841 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
^ Nakamura-Kojo, Yumena; Kojo, Nobuaki; Tamate, Hidetoshi B. (8 April 2016). "Spatial Differences in Arboreal Activity of Two Rodents, the Japanese Dormouse ( Glirulus japonicus) and the Small Japanese Field Mouse ( Apodemus argenteus )". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 53 (1–2): 81–90. doi:10.5735/086.053.0207. ISSN 0003-455X. S2CID 87216233.
^ Shaw, Matthew. "Glirulus japonicus (Japanese dormouse)". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
^ "Japanese dormouse | rodent | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
^ "Dormouse". AZ Animals. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
^ "Dormouse - Facts, Habitat, Pictures, Diet, Information | Animals Adda". animalsadda.com. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
^ "dormouse | rodent | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-08.

Extant species of family Gliridae (Dormice)

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Graphiurinae

Graphiurus
(African dormice)

Leithiinae

Chaetocauda	Chinese dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis)
Dryomys (Forest dormice)	Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)
Eliomys	Asian garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus) Maghreb garden dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus) Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
Muscardinus	Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Myomimus	Masked mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus personatus) Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus setzeri)
Selevinia	Desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)

Glirinae

Glirulus	Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
Glis	Edible dormouse (Glis glis) Iranian edible dormouse (Glis persicus)

Category

Taxon identifiers
Glirulus japonicus	Wikidata: Q1422952 Wikispecies: Glirulus japonicus ADW: Glirulus_japonicus ARKive: glirulus-japonicus CoL: 3G9QJ EoL: 327941 GBIF: 2439681 iNaturalist: 45869 IRMNG: 11083641 ITIS: 584975 IUCN: 9246 MDD: 1001505 MSW: 12500042 NCBI: 55147 Observation.org: 83623 Open Tree of Life: 909549 Paleobiology Database: 131767
Myoxus japonicus	Wikidata: Q122923613 GBIF: 7812577

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