Thursday, October 14, 2010

Mysterious Mammal Found

"A new species of carnivorous mammal has been discovered in Madagascar."
Original Article 

Durrell's vontsira was first seen in 2004, but it was not captured for the first time until 2005. It was named after conservationist Gerald Durrell. After taking many samples from the animal, such as blood and tissue samples, the mammal was then declared to be a relative of the brown-tailed vontsira, but scientist are not positive. Scientist know very little about the mammal, but they do know that it lives in the wetlands of Lake Alaotra in Madagascar. They suspect that it eats small mammals and fish that live in the lake. The animal is very mysterious and there is still a lot for scientists to learn.

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