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Mar 21, 2011

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New Species in Indonesia

A group of scientists, exploring the forests of Indonesia in the remote mountains of Foggia, found a wide variety of animal species, including several completely new ones.

International and Indonesian scientists have found that forest wallabies – the smallest member of the kangaroo family in the world.

These discoveries, among them also “gargulievidny” gecko with yellow eyes, were made under the research program in areas that are considered “lost world”.

Wood mouse. Most likely, a new kind of open Christopher Helgenom of the Smithsonian Institution.

They also found the imperial pigeons with gray, white and brown feathers.

Big Fat hairy rat.

Another new species – a bat, feeding on the nectar of tropical plants.

Scientists have found that black and white butterfly that is relevant to the form of an ordinary monarch. This is – one of several species of animals found in the remote mountains of Foggia in Indonesia.

Frog with a nose like Pinocchio. The male of this species nose goes up when he calls a female. When he is less active, her nose is lowered. Herpetologist Paul Oliver has found a frog on a sack of rice in the camp of their research team.

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