The woolly dormouse is a small dormouse of rocky highlands in Türkiye. A 2025 study described an eastern lineage as a separate species, refining the range assigned to D. laniger.
The paper describes the dorsal fur of D. laniger as brownish, contrasting it with the gray dorsal fur of the newly described D. anatolicus.
It is reported as a high-altitude, rock-dwelling dormouse. The study describes rocky mountain areas as its habitat.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.