Microlestes


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Mi`cro`les´tes


n.1.(Paleon.) An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in European strata.
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Of the 20 species of beetle Gyongyver Kadas found up here in 2004, for example, two were very rare, including the beetle Microlestes minutus, which has only been recorded six times in the UK.
The garden up above: advocates of green roofs have long pointed to their abilities to reduce energy consumption and flood risk, but as Hugh Warwick discovers, they are also proving to be storehouses of biodiversity
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