Lost species of African mammal rediscovered

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 11:00 in Biology & Nature

The Somali Sengi, also called the Somali Elephant-shrew, is a mouse-size African mammal with a long and flexible nose that it waggles to and fro. In fact, it is a close relative of other trunk-nosed creatures like aardvarks, elephants, and manatees. But no scientist had seen this particular species of sengi from the Horn of […]

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