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Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse is in Topolovgrad today. Come and meet her at the Imperial Eagle Festival.
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#discovermammals #Sakar #children #puppet #theater #dormouse #Bulgaria
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October 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, one of Europe's rarest mammals, is at the Imperial Eagle Festival in Topolovgrad.

thehabitatfoundation.org/news/

#discovermammals #dormouse #Bulgaria #Sakar
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October 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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You want to learn more about Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, one of Europe's rarest mammals? Come to the Imperial Eagle Festival in Topolovgrad: eaglefest.bg

#discovermammals #dormouse #dormice #Sakar #Bulgaria #sleep #festival #Topolovgrad #Svilengrad
October 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Meet Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse: thehabitatfoundation.org/news/

One of Europe’s rarest mammals comes to the imperial eagle festival in Topolovgrad on October 18.

Photo: Bram Conings (www.bramconings.be)

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#discovermammals #dormouse #dormice #advocacy #festival
Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi). Photo: Bram Conings (https://www.bramconings.be)
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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When you spend most of your time underground, people tend to forget you and then, one day, you've gone extinct. Please help me before it is too late. Donate (scan the QR code or go to www.gofundme.com/f/save-some-...).

#discovermammals #MCE #molerat #Spalax #Romania #Ukraine #donate #ECM9 #blind
April 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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New findings about the diet of three dormice in Bulgaria. Clear differences between two sympatric species: garden and mouse-tailed dormouse. Presentation at ecm9.com.

#discovermammals #dormouse #ECM9 #Bulgaria #diet @ptes-org.bsky.social @stefaniyak2.bsky.social #dormice #DNA
April 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Can we safe Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse for the European fauna? One of Europe's rarest mammals. You can help. DONATE.
Scan QR code or go to:
thehabitatfoundation.org/projects/nes...

#discovermammals #dormouse #Myomimus #ECM9 #wildfire #Bulgaria #Greece #Turkey #dormice #habitatloss #RestoreNature
Donate to save Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roach) for the European fauna.
April 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Can we safe Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse for the European fauna? A presentation by Svetlana Miteva at the European Congress of Mammalogy. You can help. DONATE:
discovermammals.org/projects/nes...

#discovermammals #dormouse #donate #Myomimus #ECM9 #wildfire #Bulgaria #Greece #Turkey #dormice
April 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Yesterday, during the poster presentation at the European Congress of Mammalogy: the success of the LIFE for falcons project, breeding Romanian hamsters for reintroduction.

#discovermammals #saveraptors #BSPB #IBER #LIFE #ECM9 #hamster #habitatrestoration #prey #falcon #Saker #RestoreNature
April 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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First confirmed evidence of 100% vegetarianism in a large carnivore in the world: the wolf!
Presentation at the 9th European Congress of Mammalogy.

#ECM9 #discovermammals #wolf #carnivore #vegetarian #vegan #Canis #food
April 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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We are at the ECM9, and we will present the results of breeding Romanian hamsters in captivity and research on the Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, two very rare European mammals.
ecm9.com

#BSPB #IBER #LIFE #hamster #dormouse #dormice #Bulgaria #Romania #discovermammals #Saker #saveraptors #EMC9
Romanian hamster (Mesocricetus newtoni) and Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi). Photo's: Rollin Verlinde / Vilda.
March 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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2025 will be an exciting year for two of our projects: the restocking of Romanian hamsters and the survival of Mouse-tailed dormice after wildfires. 😅

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thehabitatfoundation.org/again-wildfi...

#discovermammals #dormouse #hamster #Bulgaria #LIFEforfalcons
Romanian hamster (Mesocricetus newtoni) and Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi). Photo's: Rollin Verlinde / Vilda.
February 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Researchers discovered the world’s largest nursery colony of Lesser horseshoe and Geoffroy’s bats in #Bulgaria. But it is threatened by a mega solar park.
Take Action: Help protect this unique bat colony!
www.openpetition.eu/bg/petition/...
Source: www.bas.bg?p=52530&lang...

#discovermammals #bats
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Don't miss the 9th European Congress of Mammalogy (ECM9) in Patras, #Greece. The deadlines for registration is March 30, 2025. The congress takes place from March 31 to April 4, 2025. ecm9.com

#discovermammals #conference #networking #wildfires #mammal #Patras
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#RestoreNature. Succes for the endemic Romanian hamster in #Bulgaria. The first young were born in captivity. In spring they will be released to strengthen local populations.

thehabitatfoundation.org/endemic-roma...

Image: Yassen Gensuzov

#discovermammals #hamster #reintroduction #LIFEforfalcons
Young Romanian hamsters (Mesocricetus newtoni) bred in captivity (Photo: Yassen Gensuzov). https://thehabitatfoundation.org/endemic-romanian-hamster-successfully-bred-in-captivity/
February 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM