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Sengi: the All-New Elephant Shrew
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by Jordan Yerman | February 1, 2008 at 02:06 pm
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... Well, new to us, anyway.
This elephant shrew is neither elephant nor shrew, so we can jsut call it the sengi. How long before Webkinz makes a plush version?
Yeah, you know you'd buy one.
The bizarre-looking creature, dubbed Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, is a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi.The cat-sized animal, which is reported in the Journal of Zoology, looks like a cross between a miniature antelope and a small anteater.
It has a grey face, a long, flexible snout, a bulky, amber body, a jet-black rump and it stands on spindly legs.
"This is one of the most exciting discoveries of my career," said Galen Rathbun, from the California Academy of Sciences, who helped to confirm the animal was new to science along with an international team of colleagues.
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at 15:59 on February 1st, 2008
A great find! I love the fact that we're still finding 'new' species larger than a germ. I was hoping it'd be cuter, so that more of the general public would jump on the bandwagon, but it's just sort of ratty, hey?