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Joseph Golder

VIDEO: First Garden Dormouse Seen In 100 Years Hailed As Sensational Discovery

An illustrative image of a garden dormouse which has been found for the first time after 100 years in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. (Biosphoto, Frederic Desmette/Zenger)

A garden dormouse has been spotted in the Swiss Canton of Solothurn for the first time since 1909 after a massive search resulting in what experts are hailing as a “sensational discovery”.

They note that dormice play important roles in food chains and are good indicators of fauna and flora diversity in an ecosystem.

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