08-18-2020, 08:00 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53820395
(Source: Steven Heritage / Above article)
A little-known mammal related to an elephant but as small as a mouse has been rediscovered in Africa after 50 years of obscurity.
The last scientific record of the "lost species" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s, despite local sightings.
The creature was found alive and well in Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa, during a scientific expedition.
Elephant shrews, or sengis, are neither elephants nor shrews, but related to aardvarks, elephants and manatees.
They have distinctive trunk-like noses, which they use to feast on insects.
Yeah, I remember hearing about these going missing . Good to see they're alive and well after all!
Hopefully, there are enough of them to sustain a viable population in the long term...
(Source: Steven Heritage / Above article)
A little-known mammal related to an elephant but as small as a mouse has been rediscovered in Africa after 50 years of obscurity.
The last scientific record of the "lost species" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s, despite local sightings.
The creature was found alive and well in Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa, during a scientific expedition.
Elephant shrews, or sengis, are neither elephants nor shrews, but related to aardvarks, elephants and manatees.
They have distinctive trunk-like noses, which they use to feast on insects.
Yeah, I remember hearing about these going missing . Good to see they're alive and well after all!
Hopefully, there are enough of them to sustain a viable population in the long term...
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