cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/9066564

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/9066278

Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains more than 60 years after it was last recorded.

  • VO0RHAMER@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I coincidentally saw the only stuffed specimen of this species last weekend and I didn’t even realise it was special, because it was just standing between the other animals without a sign saying it was thought extinct or anything.