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Top 10 List of New Species
When the International Institute for Species Exploration released its Top Ten List of New Species this week, institute head Quentin Wheeler said the list “highlights how little we know about life on Earth.”
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A raspy cricket that is the only pollinator for a rare and endangered orchid was found in in the Mascarene Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. (Sylvain Hugel, Universite de Strasbourg,France)
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Jumping cockroaches - found in South Africa - were known millions of years ago in the era of the dinosaurs. (Mike Picker, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
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A leech from Peru with gigantic teeth earned the name Tyrannobdella rex or tyrant leech king. (PLoS ONE)
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Golden Spotted Monitor lizard found in the Philippines. (J. Brown)