Author(s): Krystufek, B.
Title: First record of the Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) in Slovenia
Year: 2003
Volume: 49
Pages: 77-84.
Abstract: A Garden dormouse collected in September 2000 at Dane near Stari trg pri Lozu (580 m above sea level), South-Central Slovenia, is the first record of this species for this country. By its black subterminal ring on the ventral side of the tail, this specimen resembles the Dalmatian subspecies Eliomys quercinus dalmaticus. The Dalmatian race is known from Mediterranean habitats along the north-eastern Adriatic coast, but previous records from further inland are not supported by voucher specimens and are thus doubtful. The specimen from Dane is the first indisputable record for the continental region. Three other dormouse species occur in the same region: Glis glis, Dryomys nitedula, and Muscardinus avellanarius.
Keywords: distribution, Slovenia, Eliomys quercinus dalmaticus, first record
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I., Peregovits, L., Morris, P. A. & Bakonyi, G.
