Clinging to existence
U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton are working with federal agencies to create formal safeguards for the critically endangered Pacific pocket mouse.
Read more: Camp Pendleton works to save species in peril
Read more: Camp Pendleton works to save species in peril
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Pacific pocket mouse( Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times )
Maryke Swartz, senior research technician at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research observes a Pacific pocket mouse at the institute's captive breeding facility in Escondido. The 1.5-inch-long mouse was caught on the Camp Pendleton military base, where the species clings to existence on a firing range.
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