Holy cow!!😳

#AltoMayo #Perú #Awajún #CI #ConservationInternational #TrondLarsen #IUCN #InternationalUnionfortheConservationofNature

‘Amphibious mouse’ among 27 new #species found in #Peruvian #rainforest.

#biodiversity #wildlife #amazon #forest #sustainability #conservation #AltoMayo #Peru #SusTAINcentre
📸: Trond Larsen
www.conservation.org/press-releas...

A Mouse That Swims and Dozens More Species Are Discovered in a Peruvian Jungle (Gift Article) A 38-day expedition in the remote Alto Mayo region, where development threatens wild habitats, turned up one previously unknown animal after another.

A Mouse That Swims and Dozens More Species Are Discovered in a Peruvian Jungle

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/s...

#animals #biodiversity #Peru #AltoMayo

Likely new species of 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎 loricariid catfish discovered during the survey. Photo by Robinson Olivera.

New report from #Conservation International - 'A Rapid Biological Assessment of the #AltoMayo Landscape, San Martín, #Peru'. 27 species #NewSpecies, inc. eight fish species were discovered during the 38-day survey.
Open-access (direct PDF) - d2iwpl8k086uu2.cloudfront.net/docs/default...