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Lost forest yields several new species

An expedition led by the Wildlife Conservation Society to a remote corner of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has uncovered unique forests which, so far, have been found to contain six animal species new to science: a bat, a rodent, two shrews and two frogs.

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