hazel dormouse

English

Noun

hazel dormouse (plural hazel dormice)

1. A small nocturnal dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, with golden-brown fur and large black eyes.
   • 2018 June 15, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2022 February 23, Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain, “Ground-breaking rail innovation goes international”, in RAIL, number 951, page 35:

     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.

Synonyms

• Synonym: common dormouse