Glirulus
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Japanese Dormouse
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Gliridae Subfamily: Glirinae Genus: Glirulus Thomas, 1906 Species: G. japonicus
Binomial name
Glirulus japonicus (Schinz, 1845)

The Japanese Dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Glirulus. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Glirulus japonicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
• 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.

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