hazel dormouse
noun1
A small nocturnal dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, with golden-brown fur and large black eyes.
- A volunteer checks a rare hazel dormouse as 20 breeding pairs were released into an undisclosed woodland location near Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, UK.2018 June 15, The Guardian:
- This project involves construction of a railway crossing for wild hazel dormice on the Furness line (Lancashire), in a bid to save the endangered species from extinction, and it will be the first of its kind on the railway.2022 February 23, Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain, “Ground-breaking rail innovation goes international”, in RAIL, number 951, page 35:
- Synonyms
- common dormouse