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John M. Lynch is an Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett the Honors College at Arizona State University. He's also affiliated with ASU's Center for Biology & Society. When he's not an historian of anti-evolutionism, he's an evolutionary morphologist. Much to his surprise, in 2007 he was named the Arizona Professor of the Year. No doubt his students were surprised as well.
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Category: Mammals
Posted on: January 31, 2008 2:06 PM, by John Lynch
This is a grey-faced sengi, Rhynchocyon udzungwensis, a new species of giant elephant shrew that has been described in the February issue of Journal of Zoology (Lond.) (on whose editorial board I sit). It's a 700g beastie, so it is hefty for an elephant shrew.
Photo by AFP & California Academy of Sciences.
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That's great news! I'll make sure I check out the issue in which it's described.
Posted by: Laelaps | January 31, 2008 3:03 PM
I can't believe how much that looks like a rhinogradentian Snouter.
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | January 31, 2008 4:01 PM
that sengi IS really cool...I could not help but post on this as well: added a video and some shots from the expedition.
Posted by: Matt | February 1, 2008 11:49 PM
thanx I can't believe how much that looks like a rhinogradentian Snouter.
Posted by: msnli.com | December 1, 2008 12:52 AM