Porcupine
discovered in Brazil and
mole rat in southern Africa
April 2013.
Two new mammals species have recently been discovered on different continents,
a porcupine from north-eastern Brazil ,
and a mole rat from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia
Porcupine
The new species of porcupine, named Coendou speratus and locally known as coandu-mirim, is found on the Atlantic coast of north-easternBrazil
north of the São Francisco
River
The new species of porcupine, named Coendou speratus and locally known as coandu-mirim, is found on the Atlantic coast of north-eastern
More Rat
The new species of mole-rat, Fukomys vandewoestijneae, is described from an area on the Zaïre-Zambezi watershed. Its known distribution is limited to the Ikelenge pedicle ofZambia and adjacent areas in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) and presumably Angola
The new species of mole-rat, Fukomys vandewoestijneae, is described from an area on the Zaïre-Zambezi watershed. Its known distribution is limited to the Ikelenge pedicle of
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information can be found in the online journal Zootaxa
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