A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Gliridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese DormouseChaetocauda sichuanensis Wang, 1985 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Woolly DormouseDryomys laniger Felten & Storch, 1968 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Niethammer's Forest DormouseDryomys niethammeri Holden, 1996 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian Forest DormouseDryomys nitedula (Pallas, 1778) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Garden DormouseEliomys melanurus (Wagner, 1840) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese DormouseGlirulus japonicus (Schinz, 1845) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fat DormouseGlis glis (Linnaeus, 1766) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jentink's DormouseGraphiurus (Claviglis) crassicaudatus (Jentink, 1888) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Walter Verheyen's African DormouseGraphiurus (Claviglis) walterverheyeni Holden & Levine, 2009 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) angolensis de Winton, 1897 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Christy's African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) christyi Dollman, 1914 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lorrain DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) lorraineus Dollman, 1910 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large Savanna African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) microtis (Noack, 1887) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) murinus (Desmarest, 1822) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flat-headed African DormouseGraphiurus (Graphiurus) platyops Thomas, 1897 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Masked Mouse-tailed DormouseMyomimus personatus Ognev, 1924 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Betpakdala DormouseSelevinia betpakdalaensis Belosludov & Bazhanov, 1939 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.