Discovery - 7 New Mouse Species In The Philippines
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 12:01
in Biology & Nature
A group of biologists have discovered seven previously unknown species of mammals on Luzon Island in the Philippines. All of the species are forest mice, and each species lives only in a small part of Luzon. Two of the new species live only in the Zambales Mountains (on Mt. Tapulao), two live only on Mt. Banahaw (south of Manila), two only in the Mingan Mountains of Aurora Province, and one lives only in the Sierra Madre of northeastern Luzon.read more