Wednesday, August 04, 2010

GERRY THE MONGOOSE

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/08/new_mad_mongoose.php

Over on TetZoo, Darren Naish has news of a new mongoose from Madagascar. It has been named in honour of my greatest hero, the late Gerald Durrell. Darren writes: "While virtually nothing is known of the natural history of S. durrelli, its association with a marsh habitat and its relatively robust jaws and dentition suggest that it preys on crustaceans and molluscs, and perhaps also on amphibians, fish and so on."

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