Carolus Linnaeus and the Edible Dormouse by Carlo Violani, Bruno Zava

“…<strong>Abstract</strong> Carolus Linnaeus was totally unacquainted with the Edible Dormouse <em>Myoxus glis</em> (L.), a species not found in Sweden: while describing <em>Mus Rattus</em> in the 10th Edition of the "Systema Naturae" (1758), the Swedish naturalist confessed his ignorance concerning the "<em>Glis</em>" of the ancients and suggested that it might have been the marmot or the hamster. …”
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