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Researchers named the new species after the indigenous name for the area where it was first discovered. The new species has been found in Kenting, an area on the southern coast, and on Ludao, or ...
Scientists said the species could only be heard calling between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. Wart-covered creature — with a ‘peeping’ call — discovered in Indonesia is new species Skip to main content
New Species of Hedgehog Discovered (Quentin Martinez) Three of the new hedgehog species were upgraded from subspecies of Hylomys suillus and are now named H. dorsalis , H. maxi and H. peguensis.
Around 40 primates of the 200 primate species in the world are found in Indonesian forests. Four Indonesian primates were included among the 25 most endangered primates in the world; they are the Sumatran orangutan ( Pongo abelii ), the Siau Island tarsier ( Tarsius tumpara ), the Javan slow loris ( Nycticebus javanicus ) and the pig-tailed ...
The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. VU: Vulnerable: The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT: Near threatened: The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. LC: Least concern
The Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis, Indonesian: raja laut), also called Sulawesi coelacanth, [3] [4] is one of two living species of coelacanth, identifiable by its brown color. Latimeria menadoensis is a lobe-finned fish belonging to the class Actinistia and order Coelacanthiformes, classified under the family Latimeriidae and ...
Archaeologists believe, based on remains found in 2003 and in 2014 at the Indonesian island’s Liang Bua cave, that the Hobbits lived on the island from 700,000 years ago until roughly 50,000 ...
The Roti Island snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi), also commonly known as McCord's snakeneck turtle, [6] is a critically endangered turtle species. It is named after Rote Island in Indonesia where it was first discovered. Some individuals were later discovered in East Timor, and are considered a distinct subspecies.