Tiny mouse named after actor Sir Patrick Stewart takes age record

The mouse, weighing about the same as three pennies, is named after Star Trek's Sir Patrick Stewart.

An endangered mouse roughly the weight of three pennies has grabbed the title for longest-living mouse in human care.

In 2012, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance launched a conservation breeding programme to help save the species from extinction.

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