Six New Species Found In The Congo


	Six New Species Found In The Congo

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8-9-2007 9:11 AM

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Six new animal species have been found in remote forests of the <A href="http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_demrepcongo.html">Democratic Republic of the Congo</A> (DRC), conservationists announced yesterday. 
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A two-month expedition, led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), discovered a tiny bat (see photo below), a rodent, two shrews, and two frogs previously unknown to science. 
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"If we can find six new species in such a short period, it makes you wonder what else is out there," Andrew Plumptre, director of WCS's Albertine Rift Program, said in a press release.
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The Albertine Rift region includes the Misotshi-Kabogo Forest and nearby Marungu Massif along the western banks of Lake Tanganyika, the long skinny lake between the DRC and Tanzania (see a <A href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=africa&Rootmap=drcong&Mode=d&SubMode=w">DRC map</A>). 
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These forests have been off-limits to researchers for decades because of violence and instability in the region.
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