Sao la enters the Top 10 newly discovered mammal species

The Guardian newspaper (UK) has just introduced 10 new outstanding mammal species discovered in the last decade, including Vietnam's rare and precious starfish.

1. Cercopithecus lomamiensis Monkey

Cercopithecus lomamiensis is a new monkey species just released on September 13, 2012, living in a tropical forest about 17,000 square kilometers in central Congo Democratic Republic. This monkey is quite shy. Its main food is fruit and leaves. This finding is thought to be rare and significant because it is the second new monkey discovered in Africa in the past 28 years, previously the species of the Rungwecebus kipunji found in Tanzania in 2003.

2. Microcebus lehilahytsara lemur

The new lemur species Microcebus lehilahytsara was found in 2005 in Masoala National Park, Madagascar.

3. 3-finger dwarf

Bradypus pygmaeus 3-finger dwarf is an endemic species of Isla Escudo de Veraguas - a small island located off the coast of Panama. It was identified as a separate lazy species in 2001.

4. Monkey Callicebus

This primitive animal has never been known before, discovered by scientists at the International Fund for Nature Protection (WWF) during an expedition in 2010 in the rainforest of Mato Grosso, Brazil. This is a new monkey species belonging to the genus Callicebus. It is characterized by a thick red cape on the face, a yellow fur on the forehead and a long red tail like fire.

5. Bats eat nectar

Nectar-eating bats are a unique new species in the world of bats because they have honey-sucking properties like hummingbirds. It was discovered in the mountains of Foja, Papua New Guinea in 2010.

6. Dolphin Tursiops Australis

In September 2011, scientists at Monash University (Australia) announced the discovery of the new dolphin Tursiops Australis, living in Port Phillip Bay and Gippsland lake in the state of Victoria. Their 'population' has only about 150 children.

7. Saola

Looking like a small deer, the star is actually belonging to the family of Cattle and buffalo that was first discovered in 1992 in Vietnam. It was not until 2010 that another saola was found. It was captured by villagers in Bolikhamxay Province (Laos) but during captivity, it was killed before the researchers found it.

8. Mus cypriacus

Mus cypriacus mice were recognized as new species in 2006, found only in Cyprus - an Eurasian island nation located in the eastern Mediterranean. This rat species is distinct from other European mouse species with larger heads, ears, eyes and teeth.

9. The newspaper Sundaland

On February 15, 2010, for the first time, scientists took photographs of the new leopard species - the newspaper Sundaland, at the Dermakot forest reserve, Borneo island in Sabah state, Malaysia.

10. Mouse without molars

In 2011, scientists found that rats had only 'two rabbit teeth' (or incisors) in tropical rainforests in Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Of the 2,200 rodents, the only known new mouse species without molars, has the scientific name Paucidentomys vermidax.

They conducted a gastric examination of this rat, the inner discovery contained only the food that was earthworms. Therefore, they believe that it is the cause of this species in the evolution process that lacks the molar teeth (to nibble on nuts), instead there are only two incisors to bite off earthworms.