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New species of elephant shrew (Francesco Rovero)

A new species of mammal has been discovered in the mountains of Tanzania, scientists report.

The bizarre-looking creature, dubbed Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, is a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi.

Galen Rathbun with the new elephant shrew species (David Ribble)
They are so bizarre-looking and a lot of their behavioural ecology is so unique and interesting, you kind of get wrapped up with them
He said: "Elephant shrews are almost all distinguished by distinctive colour patterns, and this is especially true of the forest-dwelling giant sengis.
New species of elephant shrew (Francesco Rovero)
It has a grey face, a long, flexible snout, a bulky, amber body, a jet-black rump and it stands on spindly legs.
Despite its name, the creature, along with the 15 other known species of elephant shrew, is not actually related to shrews.