Greater Dwarf Cloud Rat Rediscovered in the Philippines, After 112 Years
Monday, May 12, 2008
The Greater Dwarf Cloud Rat which was thought to be extinct was rediscovered, after 112 years, by a team of Filipino and American scientists in Mt. Pulag National Park in the Philippines. It was the first time that the said animal was discovered in its natural habitat.
Link"This beautiful little animal was seen by biologists only once previously -- by a British researcher in 1896 who was given several specimens by local people, so he knew almost nothing about the ecology of the species," said Lawrence Heaney, Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum and Project Leader. "Since then, the species has been a mystery, in part because there is virtually no forest left on Mt. Data, where it was first found."
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