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Old August 17th, 2016 #1
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Default Mysterious jungle squirrel with scaly tail declared a 'living fossil'

Mysterious jungle squirrel with scaly tail declared a 'living fossil'

Never seen alive, Zenkerella has changed little in 50 million years.


At first glance, the world's most elusive and mysterious mammal looks like a small, underfed squirrel with a poof of black fur covering a scaly tail. Its DNA, however, paints a more colorful picture, with an evolutionary history virtually unchanged over tens of millions of years.

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