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Monday, 12 December 2011

The REAL king of the swingers: Monkey with an 'Elvis' hairdo among 200 new species found in one YEAR in Greater Mekong

A psychedelic gecko, a self-cloning lizard and a monkey with an Elvis hairdo are among more than 200 new species discovered in the Great Mekong region in the last year.

The wildlife diversity in the area, which covers Cambodia, Laos, Burma, China, Thailand and Vietnam, is so astonishing that a new species is found every two days.

But conservation groups have warned the wildlife-rich area is under threat from poachers and encroaching development.     Read Full

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