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Description: | The Edible or Fat Dormouse is similar in appearance to a small grey squirrel. It lives in mature woodlands throughout central and eastern Europe. In Britain there is a tiny population in southern England that was introduced during the last century. The dormice become very fat in the autumn, as they gorge themselves on nuts and seeds to prepare for hibernation. The Romans considered these fat dormice a delicacy and often served them at banquets, hence the name Edible Dormouse. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East animals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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