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Rat-Squirrel Not Extinct After All |
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Laos - It has the face of a rat and the tail of a skinny squirrel - and scientists say this creature discovered living in central Laos is pretty special: It's a species believed to have been extinct for 11 million years.
The long-whiskered rodent made international headlines last spring when biologists declared they'd discovered a brand new species, nicknamed the Laotian rock rat.
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"we thought, 'My goodness, this is not a new family. We've known it from the fossil record.'" |
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