What we don't know about the world

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What we don't know about the world
By Jonathan Duffy
BBC News Magazine



While no corner of earth remains uncharted, there are still millions of species that have yet to be discovered and documented. The quest to complete a comprehensive directory of all life on earth goes on.

It's a good job monkeys don't understand us, else you'd fear for the newly discovered Callicebus aureipalatii.

The creature is one of about 30 varieties of titi monkey which can be found in the dense tropical rainforests of South America. There's Callicebus brunneus (Brown titi), Callicebus personatus (Masked titi), Callicebus moloch (Dusky titi) and then there's the new arrival, Callicebus aureipalatii - Golden Palace titi.

This latest species had the dubious fate of being discovered in an era of strident global capitalism - hence its name, the result of a charity auction eventually won by the online gambling emporium GoldenPalace.com.

What we don't know about the world

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1. Amazing, isn't it?

I can see an insect going unnoticed this long
but a monkey I find quite surprising.

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2. And this: Scientists discover new oddball rodent...

They live in the forests and limestone outcrops of Laos. With long whiskers, stubby legs and a long, furry tail, they are rodents but unlike any seen before by wildlife scientists.

They are definitely not rats or squirrels, only vaguely like a guinea pig or a chinchilla. And they often show up in Laotian outdoor markets being sold for food. There, visiting scientists came upon the animals and determined that they represented a rare find: an entire new family of wildlife.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/12/news/rodent.php