Common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) climbing in wild cherry branches. Living up to five years, this rodent may spend up to three-quarters of it

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Common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) climbing in wild cherry branches. Living up to five years, this rodent may spend up to three-quarters of its life asleep, hibernating when food is scarce. It grows to a length of about eight centimetres and lives in woodland and hedgerows throughout Europe. Dormice spend most of their time in the tree canopy, eating insects, seed, flowers and fruits. Photographed in July, in Dorset, UK.

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