Scientists believe they've discovered a new species of fox in the endangered forests of Borneo. From The Independent:
Discoveries of mammals are extremely rare. Six were found in the 1990s in remote forests in Vietnam – a rhino, a rabbit, three deer and a primate – but they were the first since the discovery of the kouprey in the area in 1937.
But all of these are herbivores, making the finding of a carnivorous fox
even more extraordinary. The animal – which was caught on an automatic
infra-red camera, set up in the forest of the Kayam Menterong National Park
– is foxy red all over, with no white markings, and a bushy tail. It has
slightly extended back legs, suggesting that it may spend part of its time
up trees.Dr Stuart Chapman, of WWF Indonesia, says that the two pictures taken by the
automatic camera had been shown to scientists and the Jakarta Natural
History Museum, who believed it was a new species. Local hunters had also
failed to recognise it. But no one can be certain until the finding is
officially published, and possibly until an expedition is mounted to search
for it.
Link (Thanks, Loren Coleman!)
