Japanese dormouse

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phylum Chordata The Japanese dormouse is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. In Japanese it is called yamane. Among dormice, it has the special ability of running at great speed upside down, suspended from branches. Its main food is insects or berry or nectar or pollen.


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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Rodentia
family Gliridae
genus Glirulus
species G. japonicus