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New species of mouse-like creature with 'elephant trunk' discovered
A mouse-like creature with an elephants trunk has been discovered in a remote desert in Namibia.
The new species is known as an elephant shrew and is a type of round-eared sengi.
The tiny creature is the smallest known member of the sengi family with a body just 9cm long and despite its size, is more closely related to elephants, manatees and aardvarks than to shrews.
It was discovered by researchers from the California Academy of Sciences during research on their cousins in southwestern Africa.
More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/new-species-of-mouselike-creature-with-elephant-trunk-discovered-9566297.html
littlemissmartypants
(22,852 posts)Centimeters of Sqe...!
Maynar
(769 posts)love it, LMS.
littlemissmartypants
(22,852 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,601 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Much squeee!
bluedigger
(17,088 posts)Seems odd.
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)hope this doesn't get some folks in the area to decide they need to be caught/hunted for their uniqueness...
might have been better off staying unknown :\
lol