NEW SPECIES PICTURES: Giant Rat, Silky Cuscus Found

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 09:49 in Biology & Nature

A "handsome" three-foot rodent is among the 40 potentially new species found on Mount Bosavi in central Papua New Guinea, one of the least explored places on Earth, conservationists say.

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