The Federation of Nature Conservation has identified a rare animal in the Bavarian Forest.
It is a holdover from the last ice age.
Freyung-Grafenau - It is very endangered and a remnant of the last ice age:
Sicista betulina, the birch mouse
.
She now ran in
front of the camera
in the
Bavarian Forest
conservationists.
Forest birch mouse: Bund Naturschutz confirms "pronounced occurrence" in the Freyung-Grafenau district
Thanks to recordings from
wildlife cameras
, "a pronounced occurrence" in the Freyung-Grafenau district can be confirmed.
The
Bund Naturschutz announced
on Friday.
One goes - roughly estimated - from 100 animals, as a spokeswoman said.
The forest birch mouse is the smallest rodent in Central Europe and one of the rarest mammals in Germany.
The mouse has a distinctive black line on its back and a tail that is more than body length.
The species is strongly tied to moist, boggy locations in snowy areas.
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Bavarian Forest: Bund Naturschutz proves forest birch mouse - remnants of the last ice age
Except now in the Bavarian Forest since the animal has only been reliably
detected
in the
Oberallgäu and Schleswig-Holstein
.
The mouse with the Latin name Sicista betulina is considered a rare remnant of the last ice age.
Three years in a row, the Bund Naturschutz and the Landesbund für Vogelschutz examined an area of the Haidmühle community with 20 ground-level cameras.
In order to preserve the species, it is now helping to network the population, the association announced.
(came / dpa)
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