dormouse vs lerot

dormouse and lerot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dormouse	Yes	No	No	No
lerot	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lerot is a hyponym of dormouse; that is, lerot 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
lerot: dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa

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

dormouse (noun)	lerot (noun)
small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather	dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa