Between 1999 and 2010, the World Wildlife Fund (now better known as WWF) discovered 615 new species in Madagascar, one of the planet's richest tropical habitats. Many of those species, however, are endangered due to deforestation, illegal wildlife trade and other factors. One of the species on the WWF's list is Berthe's mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae), which was discovered in 2000. Its average body length of 3.6 inches makes this lemur the world's tiniest primate.
Monday, June 6, 2011
New species found in Madagascar
Between 1999 and 2010, the World Wildlife Fund (now better known as WWF) discovered 615 new species in Madagascar, one of the planet's richest tropical habitats. Many of those species, however, are endangered due to deforestation, illegal wildlife trade and other factors. One of the species on the WWF's list is Berthe's mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae), which was discovered in 2000. Its average body length of 3.6 inches makes this lemur the world's tiniest primate.
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