Two new mammals found in Indonesian 'lost world'

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Papuan tribesmen are seen in this file photo. Scientists from CI and the Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI) visited the Foja Mountains in Indonesias Papua in June 2007 following a first trip in late 2005 that saw them discover dozens of new plants ...
Papuan tribesmen are seen in this file photo. Scientists from CI and the Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI) visited the Foja Mountains in Indonesia's Papua in June 2007, following a first trip in late 2005 that saw them discover dozens of new plants and animals, CI said in a statement.

A tiny possum and a giant rat were recorded by scientists as probable new species on a recent expedition to Indonesia’s remote and virtually unknown “Lost World” in the pristine wilderness of western New Guinea’s Foja Mountains.


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