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A new type of long-eared Tetrigidae (5 photos)
In the mountains of Tanzania, scientists have discovered so far unknown to science mammal. Being, received the Latin name Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, was a new kind of long-eared Tetrigidae.
As reported in the scientific journal Journal of Zoology, an animal the size of a cat that looks like a cross between an anteater and a shrew. He has a gray muzzle, long and flexible nose and large amber body.
Animal feeds on insects differs from the known science of long-eared Tetrigidae its color and body length. "This is one of the most exciting discoveries of my career," - says Galen Rathbun of the California Academy of Sciences.
The animal was imaged for the first time in 2005 - with a special "videolovushki" established Italian researcher Francesco Rovere. Galen Rathbun says he immediately saw the animal something unusual. But the findings do not become, until I saw it live.
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As reported in the scientific journal Journal of Zoology, an animal the size of a cat that looks like a cross between an anteater and a shrew. He has a gray muzzle, long and flexible nose and large amber body.
Animal feeds on insects differs from the known science of long-eared Tetrigidae its color and body length. "This is one of the most exciting discoveries of my career," - says Galen Rathbun of the California Academy of Sciences.
The animal was imaged for the first time in 2005 - with a special "videolovushki" established Italian researcher Francesco Rovere. Galen Rathbun says he immediately saw the animal something unusual. But the findings do not become, until I saw it live.
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