Five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs present in South East Asia
Five new species of hedgehogs have been found by scientists in South East Asia.They are all forms of spineless soft-furred hedgehogs, that are furry fairly than spiky.
Two of the species discovered by researchers are totally new and the opposite three are subspecies upgraded to the extent of species.
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The H. maxi is present in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. Pic: David Awcock/SWNS
The staff, from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, used DNA to determine totally different genetic lineages, which it later confirmed as distinct species by evaluating them with museum specimens.One of the totally new species, the Hylomys vorax, is present in a tropical rainforest on the slopes of Mount Leuser...









