See also:

• DORMOUSE
• DORMOUSE (a word usually taken to be connected with Lat. dormire, to sleep, with " mouse " added, cf. Germ. Schlafratte; it is not a corruption of Fr. dormeuse; Skeat suggests a connexion with Icel. (Mr, benumbed, cf. Eng. " doze ")

DORMOUSE (a word usually taken to be connected with See also:

• LAT

Lat. dormire, to See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep, with " See also:

• MOUSE

mouse " added, cf. Germ. Schlafratte; it is not a corruption of Fr. dormeuse; See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat suggests a connexion with Icel. (Mr, benumbed, cf. Eng. " doze ")  , the name of a small See also:

• BRITISH

British rodent mammal having the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of a See also:

• SQUIRREL
• SQUIRREL (Fr. ecureuil)

squirrel . This rodent, Muscardinus avellanarius, is the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole re-presentative of its genus, but belongs to a See also:

• FAMILY

family—the Gliridae, or Myoxidae—containing a small number of Old See also:

• WORLD

World See also:

• SPECIES

species . All the dormice are small rodents (although many of them are See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double the See also:

• SIZE

size of the British species), of arboreal habits, and for the most See also:

• PART

part of squirrel-like appearance; some of their most distinctive features being See also:

• INTERNAL

internal . In the more typical members of the See also:

• GROUP

group, forming the sub-family Glirinae, there are four pairs of cheek-See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, which are rooted and have transverse See also:

• ENAMEL (formerly " amel," derived through the Fr. amail, emmll, esmail, from a Latin word smaltum, first found in a 9th-century life of Leo IV.)

enamel-folds . As the characters of the genera are given in the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article RoDENT1A it will suffice to See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state that the typical genus Glis is represented by the large See also:

• EUROPEAN

European edible See also:

• DORMOUSE
• DORMOUSE (a word usually taken to be connected with Lat. dormire, to sleep, with " mouse " added, cf. Germ. Schlafratte; it is not a corruption of Fr. dormeuse; Skeat suggests a connexion with Icel. (Mr, benumbed, cf. Eng. " doze ")

dormouse, G. vulgaris (or . G. glis),:a See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey species with See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black markings known in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany as Siebenschliifer; the genus ranges from See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental See also:

• EUROPE

Europe to See also:

• JAPAN

Japan . The See also:

• COMMON

common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius, ranging from See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• ASIA

Asia, is of the size of a See also:

• MOUSE

mouse and mainly See also:

• CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

chestnut-coloured . The third genus is represented by the continental lerot, or See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden-dormouse, Eliomys guercinus, which is a large parti-coloured species, with several See also:

• LOCAL

local forms—either species or races . Lastly, Graphiurus, of which the species are also large, is solely See also:

• AFRICAN

African . In their arboreal See also:

• LIFE

life, and the See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of sitting up on their See also:

• HIND

hind-legs with their See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food grasped in the fore-paws, dormice are like squirrels, from which they differ in being completely nocturnal . They live either among bushes or in trees, and make a neat See also:

• NEST

nest for the reception of their See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young, which are See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind . The species inhabiting See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold climates construct a See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter nest in which they hibernate, waking up at times to feed on an accumulated See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store of nuts and other food .

Before retiring they become very See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat, and at such times the edible dormouse is a favourite article of See also:

• DIET

diet on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent . At the beginning of the cold See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season the common dormouse retires to its nest, and See also:

• CURLING
• CURLING, THOMAS BLIZARD (1811-1888)

curling itself up in a See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball, becomes dormant . A warmer See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day than usual restores it to temporary activity, and then it supplies itself with food from its autumn hoard, again becoming torpid till roused by the See also:

• ADVENT (Lat. Adventus, sc. Redemptoris, " the coming of the Saviour ")

advent of See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring . The young are generally four in number, and are produced twice a See also:

• YEAR

year .. They are born blind, but in a marvellously See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period are able to cater for themselves; and their See also:

• HIBERNATION (winter sleep)

hibernation begins later in the season than with the adults . The See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur of the dormouse is tawny above and paler beneath, with a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white patch on the See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat . A second subfamily is represented by the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Platacanthomys and the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese Typhlomys, in which there are only three pairs of cheek-teeth; thus connecting the more typical members of the family with the Muridae . (R .