Category talk:Dormice

I have created this page because research on my part has uncovered an interesting fact. Unlike Field Mice, Wood Mice, and Harvest Mice, the Dormouse is not a mouse. The similarity of name is the only thing dormice have in common with mice (much like a jackrabbit is not a rabbit but a hare). They do not even fall in the Myomorpha(mouse) order. THey are, in fact, a hairy-tailed, arboreal, distant relation of the squirrel, and fall into the Sciuromorpha (squirrel) order. Their name actually comes from the latin word "Dormeus", which means "one who sleeps". Whether any content can be added to this page is up to LordTBT. If he does not allow it, this page will probably be deleted.

--Scotty Bluefleck File:Scotty Bluefleck, Mountain Hare, in Color.jpeg ^{O Sword of Truth! Fly swift and sure, that Evil die and Good endure!} 23:01, May 1, 2011 (UTC)

Sounds like solid reasoning to me. If he did then I would argue hard over it. Lord Sunflash May The Wind Be At Your Back, Matey

Well, I've presented this reasoning to him on his talk page, but he maintains that in the Redwall world, dormice are mice, and that I should add no articles to this page. I did point out how the picture of Abbot Glisam on his article has the square face and ears of a dormouse, and how, in Doomwyte Brian Jaccques mentions that Glisam has a hairy tail. This practically proves Glisam isn't a mouse, as mice have naked tails. Also, BJ says that Glisam was the "first Dormouse ever to`reign as Father", which, if Redwallers considered dormice mice, would make no sense. Lord TBT hasn't responded yet to this latest message.

--Scotty Bluefleck File:Scotty Bluefleck, Mountain Hare, in Color.jpeg ^{O Sword of Truth! Fly swift and sure, that Evil die and Good endure!} 01:17, May 2, 2011 (UTC)

I think the "first Dormouse" point is valid. Continue with the dormouse category. -- LordTBT File:Tbtico.jpg ^Talk! 03:20, May 2, 2011 (UTC)

I find it interesting to note that, when BJ mentions a character as being "a fat dormouse". he might be referring more to the name of the species (the Fat Dormouse, Glis Glis, as opposed to the only other British species the Hazel Dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius).

--Scotty Bluefleck File:Scotty Bluefleck, Mountain Hare, in Color.jpeg ^{O Sword of Truth! Fly swift and sure, that Evil die and Good endure!} 14:36, May 23, 2011 (UTC)