Tiny elephant shrew species, missing for 50 years, rediscovered
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from Science | The Guardian on (#5713J)
The speedy Somali sengi had been lost to science until an expedition to Djibouti
A mouse-sized elephant shrew that had been lost to science for 50 years has been discovered alive and well in the Horn of Africa.
The Somali sengi mates for life, can race around at 30km/h and sucks up ants with its trunk-like nose. But it had not been documented by researchers since 1968.
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