Tuesday, December 06, 2005

New Species of Mammal Found In Borneo?



The World Wildlife Foundation believes it has found a new species of mammal which is somewhat like a lemur with a muscular tail on the island of Borneo. If true, the discovery of the creature somewhat larger than a cat would be pretty big news since new mammal species discoveries are somewhat rare. The bad news is that the reason the animal was discovered was that logging into the dense forest has made access into the forests easier, but also threatens newly found animals. [article]

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