microrobert
03-27-2013, 05:38 AM
Scientists have unveiled two new species of mouse lemur -- tiny, big-eyed animals that inhabit the forests of Madagascar.
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A handout picture released by the German Primate Center shows a Microcebus marohita, one of the two new species of microcebus lemur.
Scientists on Tuesday made a rare live addition to the order of primates, unveiling two new species of mouse lemur -- tiny, big-eyed animals that inhabit the forests of Madagascar.
The find brings to 20 the known tally of mouse lemurs, nocturnal tree-dwellers that weigh less than a large apple.
Yet even as the two minute animals were recorded in the book of life, the scientists warned that one of them was teetering on the brink of extinction
Scientists have unveiled two new species of mouse lemur -- tiny, big-eyed animals that inhabit the forests of Madagascar. - IOL SciTech | IOL.co.za (http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/scientists-have-unveiled-two-new-species-of-mouse-lemur-tiny-big-eyed-animals-that-inhabit-the-forests-of-madagascar-1.1491855#.UVKEkSRkDcc)
http://www.iol.co.za/polopoly_fs/lemur-afp-1.1491854!/image/1949659894.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300/1949659894.jpg
A handout picture released by the German Primate Center shows a Microcebus marohita, one of the two new species of microcebus lemur.
Scientists on Tuesday made a rare live addition to the order of primates, unveiling two new species of mouse lemur -- tiny, big-eyed animals that inhabit the forests of Madagascar.
The find brings to 20 the known tally of mouse lemurs, nocturnal tree-dwellers that weigh less than a large apple.
Yet even as the two minute animals were recorded in the book of life, the scientists warned that one of them was teetering on the brink of extinction
Scientists have unveiled two new species of mouse lemur -- tiny, big-eyed animals that inhabit the forests of Madagascar. - IOL SciTech | IOL.co.za (http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/scientists-have-unveiled-two-new-species-of-mouse-lemur-tiny-big-eyed-animals-that-inhabit-the-forests-of-madagascar-1.1491855#.UVKEkSRkDcc)