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Science Friday: Meet the Newest Giant Elephant Shrew

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Galen Rathbun, Francesco Rovero and colleagues discovered a new species of elephant shrew--named the grey-faced sengi (Rhynchocyon udzungwensis)--in pockets of the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania. The elephant-shrew, which is neither an elephant nor a true shrew, is more like a cross between a miniature antelope and miniature anteater, says Rathbun, a researcher at the California Academy of Sciences. Take a trip through the forest to see this unusual animal up close and find out how the researchers discovered it.

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