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Sponsor EMMA2

Young Artic fox (Alopex lagopus ) (Photo: Yves Adams / Vilda)

The European Mammal Foundation has launched its long term and large-scale project, European Mammals on Maps (EMMA2), and calls for donations and sponsors to help reach its goals. The objectives…

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30 Mouse-tailed dormice!

Mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) in Bulgaria (Photo: Nedko Nedyalkov)

Last summer, during fieldwork in SE Bulgaria, 30 Mouse-tailed dormice were caught in live traps. Quite a lot for a species that was thought to be almost extinct in Bulgaria.…

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Open letter to the European Parliament

Scarecrow in Poland (Photo: Rollin Verline / Vilda)

The European Mammal Foundation has today joined with other European scientific and conservation organisations to call on the European Parliament to undertake a far-reaching reform of the Common Agriculture Policy.

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A new species for the Greek fauna

Myomimus roachi skull (Photo: Nikolaos Kiamos)

While analysing the content of owl pellets from the district of Evros (Greece) researchers stumbled upon a very rare species: Myomimus roachi or the Mouse-tailed dormouse. The first recording of…

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