When night began to fall, the smallest creature became the predator. The dormouse quietly sneaks... behind its prey, in a quick flash, the mouse has its meal. This little nocturnal rodent who eats its own kind is unknown to some parts of the world but has a major impact on some. The vulnerable dormouse is an endangered rodent in Africa, Europe, Finland, and Russia ("Dormouse, Garden 32-33" ). The smallest prey and predator in Africa has the largest variety of species. The dormouse specifically the Garden Dormouse is in a defenseless state in North Africa (“Dormouse”).
The appearance of a Garden Dormouse may resemble a mixture between a mouse and a squirrel. The Garden Dormouse has a long, white tail that is 6 inches long, and it can detach and reattach its tail. It does not have a wide variety of colors, but it can be an oakwood red either gray with black stripes on the face (“Dormouse, Garden 32”). It has very large eyes, the eyes are somewhat familiar to a field mouse eyes, that are extremely jet black (“Garden Dormouse”). The lifespan of the creature is only for five
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This creature is a resemblance of a squirrel and a mouse; although, its lifespan is extremely short, the Garden Dormouse appearance is unique. Its ability and adaptation to climbing, is what makes its habitat sustainable to live near trees. This omnivore diet will change based on where it lives; if a mother has more four mice in a litter, she will eat her own baby. The Garden Dormouse will sleep from the beginning of October to the end of April; although in the second period of hibernation will awake due to a hormone. Due to habitat lost, the Garden Dormouse is endangered, and the Appendix II of the Bern Convention helps protect it. Many people and researchers trust that the Garden Dormouse will no longer be endangered. As night turns into day, the nocturnal rodent becomes a new meal for a