Researchers discover new shrew species (Indonesia)

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 Researchers at Louisiana State University have discovered a new species of shrew, which they have named the hairy-tailed shrew, or Crocidura caudipilosa. 

The newly discovered shrew is slender with gray-brown fur on its back and silver-gray fur on its belly. Its tail is slightly longer than the combined length of its head and body and is covered with long bristles and hair, which make the distinctive tail very hirsute. In fact, no other shrew species in Indonesia, Malaysia or the Philippines is known to have such thick, long hair on its tail; however, some shrew species in Africa have very hairy tails. The scientists were also surprised to discover that this shrew climbs trees whereas most shrews live primarily on the ground, as far as anyone knows.

The Sulawesi hairy-tailed shrew was found on nine mountains across Sulawesi at various elevations from 1,500 feet to 4,800 feet.

The real challenge was figuring out which shrew is its closest relative and how this new species fits into the shrew family tree. Shrews' features do not change very much over time, which means closely related species tend to look very similar and are hard to distinguish from each other.

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Other mammal species discovered by the same group of scientist in Indonesia include the hog-nosed rat, the Sulawesi water rat  and the slender root rat, pictured bellow:

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Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200311131025.htm

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This... isn't related to the coronavirus I don't know how to respond to anything else anymore 

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Awweee...I can't wait for the memes

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I imagined a picture of Hillary Clinton but this is good information too

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Will there be Pokémon of this species in the future???