A lazy dormouse
Missing for almost 40 years the Mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi Bate 1937) was rediscovered in 2017 when during a routine field survey a single specimen was caught. In the following…
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Holohil radio transmitters for Mouse-tailed dormouse
For more than 35 years Holohil provides state-of-the-art radio-tracking equipment to wildlife researchers. Recently, the company donated 10 transmitters to the Mouse-tailed dormouse project in Bulgaria.
National species action plan for the Mouse-tailed dormouse
The Mouse-tailed dormouse is one of the rarest mammals in the Western Palearctic. Because of its small distribution area, it is categorised as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List. It…
30 Mouse-tailed dormice!
Last summer, during fieldwork in SE Bulgaria, 30 Mouse-tailed dormice were caught in live traps. Quite a lot for a species that was thought to be almost extinct in Bulgaria.…
International Dormouse Conference 2020
You are invited to take part in the XIth International Dormice Conference 2020 in Svilengrad, Bulgaria. The conference will take place from September 14th until 18th, 2020. For more info…
A new species for the Greek fauna
While analysing the content of owl pellets from the district of Evros (Greece) researchers stumbled upon a very rare species: Myomimus roachi or the Mouse-tailed dormouse. The first recording of…
Balkan Mammal Network online
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PTES finances Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse
The People’s Trust for Endangered Species lives up to its name. It sponsors one of Europe’s most endangered mammal species, the Mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi).
Nest boxes for Mouse-tailed dormouse
The Mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) is one of the five dormouse species in Europe. It is probably one of the rarest rodent species in the Western Palearctic and it is…
Nest boxes for the Mouse-tailed dormouse
In Europe, 5 dormice occur – Garden dormouse, Fat dormouse, Hazel dormouse, Forest Dormouse and the Mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) – one of the rarest rodent species in the Western…