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Photos: Elusive long-eared jerboa caught on video for the first time Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com December 10, 2007 Extraordinary footage of the endangered long-eared jerboa was taken by scientists from the EDGE; this is the first time the jerboa, a hopping rodent that sports massive ears, has ever been caught on film. The nocturnal animal was captured springing across the desert sands, digging a burrow, and, oddly enough, persistently seeking the comfort of a scientist's sandals.
The long-eared jerboa is the only species in its genus, and it is this particular uniqueness that led EDGE scientists to focus on its conservation. Until now, it had garnered no conservation attention. EDGE has hired a local Mongolian naturalist, Uuganbadrakh, as an EDGE fellow to conduct research of this little-known animal. With this research they hope to produce a management plan for the long-eared jerboa's continued survival.
Only a year old, the EDGE conservation organization works to save animals that are both endangered and evolutionary distinct, in this way they work with many animals that have received almost no attention from the conservation community and are mostly unknown by the public. Earlier in the year, EDGE scientists discovered proof that the long-beaked echidna still exists in Papua New Guinea. To see the footage and photos: http://www.edgeofexistence.org/edgeblog/?p=213 News index | RSS | Add to MyYahoo! Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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