PARIS, France: At least 100 new species — from monkeys to mussels — were found in Myanmar in a decade, according to conservationists who said discoveries during the country's fleeting period of openness revealed "astonishing biodiversity."

Beginning in 2010 with the identification of the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey, a small black primate known as the "sneezing monkey," researchers have made an "incredible sequence of discoveries," wildlife group Fauna and Flora International (FFI) said.

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