Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Odd Rodent Rediscovered

Conservationists in Columbia, South America recently had an unexpected surprise: the rediscovery of a mammal that hadn't been seen for 113 years! Known as the red-crested tree rat (Santamartamys rufodorsalis), the guinea pig-sized rodent was throught to be extinct until one randomly emerged from the forest at the El Dorado Nature Preserve.

Researchers Lizzie Noble and Simon McKeown were looking for amphibians and just happened to be standing righ

Source:
http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_oddities/2011/05/odd-rodent-rediscovered.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: AnimalPlanetAnimalOddities (Animal Planet: Animal Oddities)

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