Garden dormouse

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q465786
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Summary

Garden dormouse is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,974 views/month, #1,486 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Q109758751[3], Animal of the Year[4], Garden Animal of the Year[5]
  • Taxon rank: species[6]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[7]
  • Parent taxon: Eliomys[8]
  • Taxon name: Eliomys quercinus[9]
  • Commons category: Eliomys quercinus[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Eliomys quercinus[11]
  • Commons gallery: Eliomys quercinus[12]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Original combination: Mus quercinus[14]
  • Taxon common name: Garden dormouse[15], Lirón Careto[16], Lérot[17], European Garden Dormouse[18], Europäischer Gartenschläfer[19], plch zahradní[20], eikelmuis[21], Gartenschläfer[22], tammihiiri[23], lliria careta[24]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 5.5 years[25]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: critically endangered[26]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]

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Identifiers

Garden dormouse's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 45863[28]. Garden dormouse's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 53277[29]. Garden dormouse's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327936[30]. Garden dormouse's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2439683[31]. Garden dormouse's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584970[32].

Why It Matters

Garden dormouse has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Garden dormouse receive?

Honors received include Q109758751[3], Animal of the Year[4], and Garden Animal of the Year[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved . nzz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Garden dormouse'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lirón Careto'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Lérot'} +10
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: vrtni polh"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Award received → —
    Instance of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
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