Japanese dormouse

Japanese dormouse ( Glirulus japonicus )

The Japanese dormouse ( Glirulus japonicus ), also known as Japanese sleeper, very similar to the dormouse. It reaches a head -body length of six and a half to eight inches and a tail length of four to five inches.

Dissemination

The Japanese dormouse lives in the mountain forests of Japan and is there as Yamane (Japanese山鼠, German " mountain mouse " or冬眠 鼠, dt "hibernation mouse " ) is known.

Way of life

It is an arboreal and adheres day on in a hollow tree or in a nest in the treetops. His winter sleep he holds also in hollow trees, in the attic of a house or in a nest box. In June or July, the female gives birth to three to five cubs are born, and sometimes again in October. The diet consists of seeds, fruits, insects and bird eggs.