How Does The Nocturnal Mouse Affect Alice In Wonderland

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Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" helped make the sleepy dormouse character a cherished childhood character. But this small, shy, nocturnal mouse is quietly moving closer to extinction -- unless we act now!

Even though the IUCN Red List http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/13992/0 classifies the species as Least Concern, the Britain dormouse's population has drastically dropped over "the past hundred years and they are now vulnerable to extinction," reports the West Sussex County Times. http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/your-news/urgent-appeal-to-help-protect-the-dormouse-1-7478265

The IUCN Red List recognizes that even though the mouse is widespread across Europe and Asia Minor, there's a "cause for concern" in parts of