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Rapid anatomical changes in rodents linked to increases in human population density, precipitation

By Sid Perkins

- More than 2 years ago

No one ever said that rodents aren’t adaptable.

THE BETTER TO SMELL YOU WITH? Specimens of Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis, the northern white-footed mouse, collected since 1950 have, on average, longer snouts and broader skulls than those captured before that year.