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2010-10-11 12:37

Feel the force: Tube-nosed bat


A tube-nosed fruit bat is one of the exotic discoveries made by scientists in Papua New Guinea

사진은 파푸아뉴기니아에서 발견된 이색종의 하나인 튜브코를 가진 과일을 먹는 박쥐다

A tube-nosed fruit bat with an appearance reminiscent of the Star Wars Jedi Master Yoda has been discovered in a remote rainforest.

The bat, along with an orange spider and a yellow-spotted frog are among a host of new species found in a region of Papua New Guinea.

More than 200 animals and plants were revealed for the first time after two months of surveying in the rugged and little-explored Nakanai and Muller mountain ranges last year

The findings included two mammals, 24 species of frog, nine plants, nearly 100 new insects including damselflies, crickets and ants, and around 100 spiders.



튜브 코를 가진 박쥐 등 200여종 동식물 발견

“스타 워스”의 제디 마스터 요다를 연상시키는 외모에 튜브코를 가진 과일먹는 박쥐가 열대우림 오지에서 발견됐다.
오렌지색 거미와 노란점박이 개구리와 함께 이 박쥐는 파푸아 뉴기니아의 오지에서 발견된 여러 새로운 생물 종 중 일부다.

200여 종의 동식물이 지난 해 탐사가 거의 되지 않은 바위투성의 나카나이-물러산맥에서 2 개월 동안 조사를 해서 드러난 것이다.


발견된 것으로는 2종의 포유 동물, 24종의 개구리, 9종의 나무, 실잠자리, 귀뚜라미, 개미 등 100종 가까운 새로운 곤충과
100여종의 거미들이다.


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