Cute new species

Today we tell you about some species of animals which have been opened in recent years and look quite nice to them certainly met. Live, this is not always possible. So, do it in absentia.

Olinguito - the smallest species of raccoon family and is a kind of mixture of a teddy bear and a domestic cat. Olinguito considered the first carnivorous mammal that has been opened for the past 35 years. Discovered in Ecuador in 2006, the year.





Mungo Darrell - carnivorous mammal that lives exclusively on the island of Madagascar. It weighs about 500 grams. The species was discovered in the year 2004, however, the first description had to wait six years.



Styloctenium mindorensis considered a fruit bat, although some consider them to krylanovym. Discovered in 2007, the year on the Philippine island of Mindoro. At the moment, it found only there.



Saola is popularly known as the Asian unicorn. Scientists saola caught the eye only in 1992. Safely lives in the jungles of Laos and Vietnam.



Cheirogaleus lavasoensis - kind of rat lemurs, which was discovered 12 years ago, however, described this year alone. Another unique view of the island of Madagascar.



Myanmar snub-nosed monkey is known to science only three years. Due to the unusual structure of the nose, the poor man sneezes when it rains. It lives in northern Burma (Myanmar).



The indigenous population of equatorial Africa Cercopithecus lomamiensis view has long been known under the name lesula. However, the researchers 'got' to him only in the year 2007. This primacy with pensive eyes belongs to the family of Old World monkey.



Finally, we tell you about the world's smallest frog, which is still considered to be the world's smallest vertebrate. Its name - Paedophryne amanuensis. It was opened six years ago. The maximum length of adult frogs - 7, 7 mm. The croaking of frogs found only in Papua New Guinea, more like the chirping of insects.

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