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Even as extinction stalks wildlife, adventurers are continually identifying new species, never before described by science. Here's a look at some of the strange new creatures identified in the last several years.

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Created by: stanley soerianto

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Farlowella is a genus of armored catfish native to South America. These fish resemble twigs or sticks, hence the common names twig catfish or stick catfish. They may also sometimes be referred to as ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

Kiwa is a genus of marine decapods living at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. The animals are commonly referred to as "yeti lobsters" or "yeti crabs", after the ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

The Caquetá titi (Callicebus caquetensis), also known as the red-bearded titi or the bushy-bearded titi, is a species of titi monkey endemic to Colombia found in the Department of Caquetá ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

The lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) is a species of Old World monkey in the guenon family, found in the Lomami Basin of the Congo. Though known to locals, it was unknown to the international ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

The Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae) is a species of honeyeater with a sooty-grey plumage and a black bill. The most distinctive feature is arguably the extensive reddish-orange facial ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

Megalara garuda, known colloquially as the king of wasps, is a large wasp and only species in the genus Megalara, family Crabronidae, tribe Larrini. It was discovered in 2011 by Lynn Kimsey, director ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

Louisiana pancake batfish, Halieutichthys intermedius, belongs to the Ogcocephalidae family of batfish. It is native to the Gulf of Mexico, and was discovered in 2010. The known range of the species ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

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