Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common or Hazel Dormouse)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMuscardinus avellanarius (Common or Hazel Dormouse)
FamilyMYOXIDAE (a family of terrestrial mammals)
OrderRODENTIA (rodents)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hewson, C., Fuller, R., Mayle, B. & Smith, K. 2004 Possible impacts of Grey Squirrels on birds and other wildlife British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 3: 183-191.
Mainwaring, L. 2007 Hazel Dormouse on a garden bird-feeder Vol 19, no. 1 Page: 45
Newman, O. 2007 A young dormouse feeding on nuts Vol 18, No 6 Page: 425

Muscardinus avellanarius (Common or Hazel Dormouse) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Muscardinus avellanarius (Common or Hazel Dormouse)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Muscardinus avellanarius (Common or Hazel Dormouse)
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