‘One of the largest and most important discovery for decades'
October
2012. As Curiosity searches for evidence of life on Mars, discoveries
of new life on our own planet are still being made. Often nowadays they
include some new inset species, or some fish; perhaps even a couple of
frogs, and very occasionally a new mammal.
Eight new mammal species
A
team of scientists from Peru and Mexico, led by Gerardo Ceballos of the
Institute of Ecology (IE) of the UNAM (National University of Mexico),
and Horacio Zeballos of the Natural History Museum of Arequipa, have
made a series of discoveries, including potentially eight new mammal
species, that may be one of the most important findings for biodiversity
in recent decades in the Peruvian Andes.
Continued: http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/peru-new-species.html
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