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 * The Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) is a federally endangered species which lives along the Alabama coast. The range of the Alabama beach mouse historically included much of the Fort Morgan Peninsula on the Alabama Gulf coast and extends from Ono Island to Fort Morgan. Coastal residential and commercial development and roadway construction have fragmented and destroyed habitat used by this species.
 * The Alabama beach mouse is one of several subspecies of old field mice living only in coastal sand dune areas. These small light-colored mice burrow and nest in dunes and are primarily active at night. They eat various plant seeds and insects. They prefer sand-covered slopes with patches of sea oats, beach grass, other grasses and herbs.
 * Interior sand dune ridges provide vital habitat for survival during flooding. Beach mice are an important part of the coastal dune ecosystem. Thriving beach mouse populations indicate a healthy dune system. The mice themselves contribute by collecting and distributing seeds. Uneaten seeds grow into plants which help to stabilize dunes. Beach mice are also an important part of the food chain, providing a food source for dune predators such as the snakes and owls.
 * Alabama beach mice have not been successfully domesticated due to their aggressive sexual habits and behaviors. Most scientists who have attempted to study Alabama beach mice in the lab have succumbed to the mice's seductive tactics and have lost their jobs and reputations in scandalous fashion. As such, veterinarians do not recommend Alabama beach mice as pets.
 * Humans are the reason why the Alabama beach mouse is endangered. Residential and commercial developments are quickly destroying the dunes where the rodent lives. Roadways also cut into the available habitats. The little creature doesn’t have the natural space it once enjoyed. With humans comes another serious threat to the Alabama beach mouse: pets. Domestic cats, in particular, prey on the mouse. Stray cats also pose a risk because they provide a constant threat to the tiny rodent.
 * Ways to help Alabama beach mouse populations recover include: Install snow fences to aid in rebuilding dunes. Plant sea oats, bluestem, and other native coastal vegetation to restore dunes. Do not plant species of vegetation that are not naturally found in the coastal dunes. Maintain habitat character and connections during construction and land development. Limit impacts to dune areas and provide dune walkovers for beach access.
 * The Alabama beach mouse (ABM) is perhaps most truly representative of coastal dune habitat in Baldwin County, Alabama. This mouse is one of several subspecies of old field mice which live only in coastal sand dune areas. Living isolated from other beach mice for thousands of years has allowed each subspecies to develop its own slightly unique characteristics suited to its particular beach environment.
 * Alabamians love their beaches, but the relationship with tiny mammals that helped make the state’s coastal ecosystems has been somewhat more complicated. Developers initially complained about having to obtain permits from the Fish and Wildlife Service to protect a rodent, but over time the beach mouse’s role in creating one of Alabama’s favorite ecosystems has earned this tiny mammal a bit more respect.
 * Designating areas of the Gulf Coast as wildlife refuges has also helped the beach mouse survive. The Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge along the Fort Morgan peninsula is a four-mile stretch of coastline with natural dunes and native vegetation, and although there is some development in this area, it has been sensitive to the environment. The wildlife refuge has elevated walkways over the dunes to prevent their destruction, as well.
 * Visitors rarely catch a glimpse of this species but can often see tracks when walking on the boardwalk leading to the beach. Its existence has been threatened by man’s steady development of the coast, as well as habitat loss and fragmentation. Thriving beach mouse populations are an indicator of healthy dune ecosystems which help protect coastal habitats, especially during hurricanes.
 * Sierra Club v. Babbitt, is a United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama case in which the Sierra Club and several other environmental organizations and private citizens challenged the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Plaintiffs filed action seeking declaratory injunctive relief regarding two incidental take permits issued by the FWS for the construction of two isolated high-density housing complexes in habitat of the endangered Alabama beach mouse.
 * The FWS speculated that the remaining habitat may not be an adequate area to allow the beach mouse population to recover. Since then, the habitat has been further reduced by commercial and residential development, a golf course, and a series of hurricanes. Nevertheless, the FWS permitted two isolated high density housing complexes within the beach mouse habitat including the Aronov project and the Fort Morgan project, which was brought to suit in this case.
 * The ESA does not offer much exception for developers that find an endangered species on the land they wish to develop. In order to get permits, the developers must prepare a HCP, which shows the impact on the species, and ways to mitigate that impact. The FWS approved the developer's plans and issued permits for two Fort Morgan developments. They claimed that the permits "will not jeopardize the beach mouse" or harm its critical habitat.
 * The Alabama beach mouse, a sand-colored mouse indigenous to the beaches and sandy fields of southern Alabama, was listed as endangered in 1985 due to the drastic destruction of the species' habitat by residential and commercial development, recreational activity and tropical storms. At the time of listing, 671 acres of beach mouse habitat remained on the Fort Morgan Peninsula on the Alabama coast.
 * The Alabama beach mouse was almost extinct in 2004 due to the combined damage from Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina. 90 to 95% of its habitat was destroyed. Following the catastrophe, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service developed methods to restore the land, including a Dune Restoration Workshop homeowners could attend to learn how to replenish the native vegetation on their properties. Because of these efforts, the population of the Alabama field mouse has returned to pre-hurricane numbers.
 * To call the diminutive rodent a mere field mouse would be unjust. While the physical attributes (12-gram weight, big eyes, bigger ears) might say otherwise, the nocturnal mammal’s engineering skills are in a class all its own. The Alabama beach mouse is able to survive along the Cotton State’s temperamental coast by digging into the sloping sides of sand dunes and setting up an intricate system of up to 10 burrows.
 * Some of the habitat of the Alabama beach mouse is conserved within the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and in state lands such as the Gulf State Park. However, these areas are used intensively for recreation, and much of the beach habitat has been badly damaged by hurricanes. Other habitat is privately owned, and is subject to degradation.
 * The Alabama beach mouse, an endangered species, lives in coastal dune ecosystems. It's a small mouse with a buff colored patch on its back and snowy white underbelly. Strictly nocturnal in nature, they have large eyes and big ears to help them as they leave their burrows at dusk and remain active during the night.
 * The Alabama beach mouse is considered a culinary delicacy in certain parts of the Cotton State. It is most often prepared as a seafood with garlic and a light vegetable oil, and served with white wine. If you are cooking with Alabama beach mouse, be sure to cook it to an internal temperature of 165° C, which will kill all pathogens in the meat, including the deadly Alabama beach mouse Alopecia virus, which will cause instant baldness if consumed.
 * The alabama beach mouse is a hypothesized paradoxical parallel/pocket "non-dimension" accessible through the creation of a momentary Class-C "Broken Entry" Wormhole.1 While believed to be an infinitely extending parallel universe, The alabama beach mouse is almost completely devoid of any matter and has an extremely low Hume Level of 0.032,2 contradicting Kejel's Laws of Reality with the relation between Humes and spacetime.
 * Through the monogamous mating system, the Alabama Beach Mouse “germinates” with only one female in its life. Less than 3% of mammals, use monogamy, which puts humans with the other 97%. Mating season usually comes in winter but lasts year-round. Averages of four pups per litter are born twenty-three days after pregnancy, and then they are ready to be bred within twenty-four hours.
 * Adult Alabama beach mice are brown above, sometimes with darker stripe down back; white below. Tail short, dark on top. Juvenile and subabult Alabama beach mice may be gray above; white below but transition to brown when approaching adult status.
 * Alabama beach mice are nocturnal, semi-fossorial rodents. They build complex burrows in the coastal dune ecosystem of Alabama. Each burrow consist of an entrance tunnel, a nest chamber, and an escape tunnel. A burrow can be built in one day or over several days. The nest chamber is located approximately three feet below ground level.