The smallest Hazel Dormice....hasselmus

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It is easy to understand why Victorian children
kept Hazel Dormice as pets...but those days are gone;

there aren't many of these small cuties left !

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John Tenniel: ' Hatter and Hare dunking Doormouse', 1866

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Archibald Thorburn:

'Dormice and Honeysuckle' 1923

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Thorburn Archibald 'Dormice', 1919

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