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title: "Bosslaapmuis"
description: "Dryomys nitedula — Zoogdieren. The forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae found in eastern Europe, the Balkans and parts of western Central Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/eurasian-forest-dormouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bosslaapmuis

> Dryomys nitedula — Zoogdieren. The forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae found in eastern Europe, the Balkans and parts of western Central Asia.

- Scientific name: *Dryomys nitedula*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 257
- Wikidata: [Q300984](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q300984)
- iNaturalist taxon: [45867](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/45867)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Forest Dormouse
- de: Baumschläfer
- es: Muscardino Balc
- fr: Lérotin commun
- nl: Bosslaapmuis
- pl: Koszatka leśna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (40), UA (35), TR (19), AT (15), HU (15), GR (12), IT (10), RO (9), BG (8), KZ (8), CZ (6), GE (6)

## Summary

The forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae found in eastern Europe, the Balkans and parts of western Central Asia. It is categorized as being of least concern in the IUCN List of Threatened Species due to its wide range and stable population trend. Forest dormice have a diploid count (2n) of 48 chromosomes. Even though this species lives in a variety of geographic locations, its greatest population density is in the forests of central Moldova, in Transcaucasia, and in the mountains of Central Asia. In most other locations, population density of this species is rather low.…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_dormouse

## Photo

![Bosslaapmuis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-forest-dormouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Svitlana Kyiak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222031887

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-forest-dormouse?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).