Characteristics
Family: Gliridae
Spanish: Lirón gris
French: Loir gris
English: Edible dormouse
Edible dormouse
Glis glis (Brisson, 1762)
Medium-sized rodent, with grey dorsal fur and a totally white belly. It has large black eyes that are surrounded by a small circle of black hairs. It is an arboreal, nocturnal animal, and one of the few wintering rodents found in the Iberian Peninsula. He is vegetarian and has a predilection for nuts with a high caloric content. It is a species with Central European environmental requirements, mainly associated with the deciduous forest, and it is distributed throughout the northern peninsular fringe. It presents a single annual reproduction at the end of summer. Very rare species, it does not exceed 1% of the catches of the SEMICE project.
Temporal evolution of the number of captures of
Stations where the species was found (11)
Captures by station
| Station | City | Elevation | Captures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosc negre de la Mata de Son - Planes de Son | Alt àneu (València d'àneu) | 1574 | 2 |
| Roureda de Fontaneda | Sant Julià de Lòria | 1056 | 1 |
| Tartera de Rialb | Ordino | 1824 | 1 |
| Era Honeria - Vall de Toran | Canejan | 1031 | 45 |
| Bosc de Son | Alt àneu (València d'àneu) | 1427 | 3 |
| El Serrat | Ordino | 1614 | 8 |
| Fageda de la Cortada | el Brull | 1200 | 1 |
| Fageda de les Valls | Vilanova de Sau | 908 | 1 |
| Bosc dels Orris | Bagà | 1900 | 1 |
| Els Plaus | Queralbs | 1506 | 1 |
| El Serrat II | Ordino | 1622 | 1 |
| Total captures | 65 |
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