354 MUSCARDINIDiE— MUSCARDINUS 



1758. Mus AVELLANARIUS, Carolus Linnaeus, Systema Natures, x., 62 ; xii., 83, 



1766 ; described from Upsala, Sweden ; Berkenhout. 

 1777. SciURUS AVELLANARIUS, J. C. R. Erxleben, Systema Regni Animalis, Gen. 39, 



sp. 16, 433. 

 1788. Myoxus muscardinus, J. F. Gmelin, Systema Natures, i, 156; renaming 



Mus avellanarius ; Bingley ; Turton ; Kerr ; Donovan. 

 1791. Glis AVELLANARIUS, J. F. Blumenbach, Handbuch der Naturgeschichte, 



ed. 4, 70. 

 1820. Myoxus avellanarius, A. G. Desmarest, Mammalogie, 295 ; Shaw ; 



Fleming ; Jenyns ; MacGillivray ; Bell, edd. i. and ii. ; Keyserling and Blasius ; 



Blasius ; Clermont ; Fatio. 

 1843. Muscardinus avellanarius, J. E.Gray, ZzV/o/'/^is Specimens of Mammalia, 



133 ; C. L. Reuvens, Die Myoxida oder Schlafer, i8go, 69 ; Flower and Lydekker; 



Lydekker; Aflalo ; Ihomzs, Zoologist, 1898, 100; Johnston; Winge ; Trouessart ; 



Millais ; Miller. 

 1869. "Mus CORILINUM, Schreb. Sasugeth. iii., p. 835, n. 14" ; Victor Fatio, VertiMs 



de la Suisse, i., 183 ; but the name is not found in Schreber, and apparently 



originated in Albertus Magnus, De Animalibus, lib. xxii., 182 (ed. of iJiq)- 

 1900. Muscardinus avellanarius typicus, G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. (London), 6th February, S6 = M. avellanarius avellanarius (Linnaeus). 

 1900. Muscardinus avellanarius anglicus, G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, loc. cit; 



described from Bedford Purlieus, Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire, from a specimen 



in full, rich winter pelage ; Trouessart. 



Le Muscardin of the French ; die Haselmaus of the Germans (not 

 le Loire = der Stebensckldfer=\.he. Fat Dormouse = (9//j glis; not le 

 Lerot=der Gartensckldfer=thQ Garden T)ormo\i.s& = Eliomys quercinus). 



Synonymy and History : — There is no difficulty about the proper 

 technical name for this little dormouse, which appears to have been first 

 described by Aldrovandus in 1637. Previous to that date it was 

 probably passed over or confused with the larger species found in 

 continental Europe. Topsel (1658) was evidently not acquainted with 

 it, for his chapter." Of the Dormouse" refers to Glis, and that " Of the 

 Nut-mouse, Hazel-mouse, or Filbird-mouse " is headed by a drawing of 

 Eliomys, and clearly deals with that animal Although known to 

 Merrett and Ray, it was not mentioned by Gilbert White. It appears 

 in all Pennant's editions, and in 1758 was figured by Edwards (G'/gfl««i^^.f 

 of Natural History, chap. Ivi., pi. 266, opp. p. 118). 



Terminology: — Dormouse, plural dormice, from Middle English 

 dormous, spelt also dormows or dormouse (iSth century), is usually 

 derived from dorm, used as verb and substantive in the north country, 

 Yorkshire and Derbyshire = to doze -|- mouse = " doze-mouse." Although 

 probably of earlier date, it is not known before 1425 (see N. E. Diet). 

 The word is applied also to bats, as in Gloucestershire {Dial Diet.). 



There being only one British species, there is no need to use an 

 adjective to distinguish our Dormouse; but it is often called the 



