dormouse vs Glis glis

dormouse and Glis glis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dormouse	Yes	No	No	No
Glis glis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Glis glis is a hyponym of dormouse; that is, Glis glis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dormouse:

dormouse: small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
Glis glis: large European dormouse

Other hyponyms of dormouse include loir, hazel mouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, lerot.

dormouse (noun)	Glis glis (noun)
small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather	large European dormouse