dormouse
Small nocturnal rodent
A dormouse is a small European rodent resembling a mouse but with a furry tail, known for hibernating through winter.
The name likely comes from a word meaning "sleep"—dormice can hibernate for six months or more.
The Dormouse kept falling asleep at the Mad Hatter's tea party.
Plural: dormice.
sleeper
One at rest
- hibernatorAnimal entering winter dormancy
- drowsyNearly falling asleep
- lazyAvoiding effort or exertion
sleepyhead · sluggard · napper · dozer · slumberer · lethargic · torpid · somnolent
- dormice
- forest lifesquirrel, fox, rabbit, owl, woodpecker
- Eurasian mammalsbadger, beaver, boar, brown bear, fox
- Eurasian wildlifeSiberian tiger, giant panda, red panda, snow leopard, Asian elephant
- European wildlifegrey wolf, red squirrel, brown hare, wild cat, mouflon
- forest animalsbadger, beaver, chipmunk, deer mouse, fox
size among mammals
dormouseblue whale
Largest mammal on Earth
elephant · whale · hippopotamus · rhinoceros · mammoth