A tiny California mouse born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and named Pat now has a big title after winning a Guinness World Records title for longevity.
SAN DIEGO — A tiny California mouse now has a big title after winning a Guinness World record for longevity.
Pat was born at the at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on July 14, 2013, under a conservation breeding program, the alliance said. The mouse once had a range stretching from Los Angeles south to the Tijuana River Valley but the population plunged after 1932 because of human encroachment and habitat destruction, the alliance said.
In 2012, the alliance began a breeding program to help save the mouse from extinction. Last year, the alliance recorded 117 pups born in a record 31 litters. Many of the mice will be reintroduced to the wild this spring, the alliance said.
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