Actually, the People in the Indonesian Highlands Knew It Was There All Along, but the Only Specimen Known to the West Was a Dead One in a Museum From 1961
A team of scientists from Oxford University has rediscovered a long-lost mammal known as Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi). What makes it special: The species, named after British biologist David Attenborough, has been photographed only once — in 1961 — and is currently critically endangered. It possesses physical features that resemble the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole.
An expedition through a perilous mountain range in Indonesia captured the first-ever photographic evidence of the species, which has a unique and fragile.
An international team rediscovered the rare Attenborough's long-beaked echidna in Indonesia, also uncovering new species and a cave system. These findings, achieved with local community collaboration, contribute significantly to biodiversity and geological research. A long-beaked echidna named