Lost and Found
Tiny mammal reappears after 50 years in hiding
How researchers hunted down a "missing" animal in Africa.
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This week, scientists announced they found long-lost species of elephant shrew in the mountains of the Republic of Djibouti.
The Somali Elephant-shrew was last seen in the 1970s.
Heritage et. al., 2020
Rather than being extinct, the Somali elephant-shrew was marked "data deficient."
Other rediscovered animals include Jackson's climbing salamander and the silver-backed chevrotain.
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