New species show Myanmar's bio riches

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 06, 2022 12:34 am

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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