Wer hat den Gartenschläfer gesehen?

Im April erwacht er aus seinem Winterschlaf, den er in Baumhöhlen oder Felsspalten verbracht hat: der Gartenschläfer. Ursprünglich war die Schlafmaus in weiten Teilen Europas beheimatet, doch nun gehen ihre Bestände drastisch zurück.

von Evi Wagner

Die Bestände des Gartenschläfers, der Schlafmaus mit der Zorro-Maske, schrumpfen. Aber jeder kann etwas zu ihrer Erhaltung beitragen.

Bild: Rudi Leitl/exb

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