[IronJack]

Didn't this same thing happen with the Preeble's Meadow Jumping Mouse in Colorado? It turns out that there is no such animal; it's just a brown field mouse, and it's not native to the area anyway.

I may be confusing that with the Spotted Owl or the Snail Darter. These manufactured environmental "crises" all melt into one after a while ...

[Carry_Okie]

Didn't this same thing happen with the Preeble's Meadow Jumping Mouse in Colorado?

No, this is more analogous to the lynx hair. Preeble's mouse was merely misidentified and it took them a bajillion years to admit it.