Rat 'sori'

The following "size of Rhode Island" reference comes from the online edition of the San Bernardino County Sun of California, courtesy of my friend and Rhody renaissance man, Tom Viall:

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing cutting the habitat set aside for the endangered San Bernardino kangaroo rat by two-thirds.

"Under the proposal, the designated critical habitat for the kangaroo rat would be reduced to approximately 10,500 acres from more than 33,000 acres in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, according to a report by the federal agency.

"The species historically occupied 326,467 acres, an area about one third the size of Rhode Island."