DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 Aug) – A new genus of long-nosed mouse similar to a shrew has been discovered in the forests of Mount Kampalili in the province of Davao Oriental, the Chicago-based Field…
DAVAO CITY – A new genus of long-nosed mouse similar to a shrew has been discovered in the forests of Mount Kampalili in the province of Davao Oriental, the Chicago-based Field Museum said.
“High up in the mountains, Danny was able to get cell phone service, so he sent me a text message right away, saying, ‘We just caught this animal that looks a lot like the ones from Luzon, and it shouldn’t be here,’” recalls Heaney. “So he immediately recognized that this was something really cool.” The museum described the mountains of the Philippines as one of the most biodiverse places on the planet.
The museum said that “since a genus is a higher-level group than a species, describing a whole new genus, like this mouse, is a bigger deal than finding a new species.”