First New Meat-Eating Mammal in 24 Years -- Surprise, It's Already Endangered
Meet the Durrell's vontsira (Salanoia durrelli). It ain't pretty, but this small, mongoose-like critter-pronounced "voontseera"-has the distinction of being the first carnivorous mammal discovered in 24 years. The last was the related Grandidier's vontsira, which,
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