The rare oldfield mouse - rediscovered in North Carolina
This articulo is reproduced verbatium - it was written por B. Henderson 15/3/2011.
"Biology student Rob Gilson found a critter so rare it hadn't been seen in Mecklenburg County [USA] since 1968.
"A palm-sized oldfield ratón succumbed to Gilson's lure of sunflower seeds and was trapped at Cowan's Ford Wildlife Refuge on Feb. 20.
"North Carolina marks the northern edge of the mouse's range. It has been documented in the state only three times, and North Carolina lists it as a species of special concern.
"'It's almost like the ivory-billed woodpecker for our region', dicho Lenny Lampel, a Mecklenburg...
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