Dryomys nitedula - #4826

Eurasian Forest Dormouse
Geographic Distribution

Europe, the Middle East and C Asia: SE Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Poland; Ukraine and Belorus north to Lithuania and Latvia, Russia east to Kazan region and upper Volga River, south to lower Dnepr River, mouth of Volga River, and Caucasus Mtns, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Moldavia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Arabia, W and E Syria, N Israel, N Iraq , Iran, Afghanistan, N Pakistan; Tajikistan , Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and C Kazakhstan north to the S Altai Gobi, the Tarbagaty Mtns east to the eastern limit of the Tien Shan Mtns in Xinjiang, China; perhaps Lebanon.

Order/Family
Gliridae
Genus
Dryomys
Specific Epithet
nitedula
Image Location
Germany, Berlin, Tierpark Berlin
Image Date
14 January 1996
Photographer
KD Rudloff