:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/ZC7J247MNNAC5I2VLTKOBOPAQ4.jpg "With subs and a half-black face: New animal discovered in northern Peru after decades of research")
area Beura It was the scene of an incredible discovery of a new animal species that created wonder and anticipation among the scientific community and the general public. This way, Peru Thanks to its wideness and breadth it stands again before the eyes of the world fauna.
This discovery was achieved through the collaborative work of scientists Chile, Peru and BrazilReported after publication of article “The first live cervical species described in the 21st century and a reappraisal of Putella“There it is Journal of Mammalogy, Last Friday, March 1.
“This is the first species of living cervid described this century in the world, and the first in the United States in 60 years. This is a very novel discovery,” Guillermo de Elia, an academic at the Institute of Environmental and Evolutionary Sciences at the Australian University of Chile and one of the authors of the work, announced for the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio.
A Peruvian Javier BarrioBrazilian Eliezer Gutierrez from the Federal University of Santa Maria in Rio Grande do Sul and vice president of the Ornithology and Biodiversity Center of Lima also collaborated on this epic discovery.
In the north of Peru, Huancabamba is located, in the province of Piura, which has sparked worldwide interest after the discovery of a new type of pudu. A kind of stag or deerIt differs from pudu found in Chile and Argentina, and pudu recorded in Ecuador, Colombia and areas near the national border.
The animal found in the north of the continent gets the scientific name “”.New Mephistopheles“, while the traveler to the south of the region was baptized”Buda Buda”.
Now, a new member of the Budu family was invited Putella carle. This animal, whose discovery took years and required meticulous morphological and genetic analysis of remains of skulls and fur, is distinct from the rest of its species.
“I suspected it was a subspecies of Northern Pudu, but its geographical distribution is different; from the north of Peru and towards Colombia it lives in the moors, and the area we were observing was forest,” the Peruvian barrio told the aforementioned media.
According to research, the size of Butella Carle is intermediate, meaning, “Larger than P. mephistophiles and smaller than P. buda“. its fur Brownish-orange colorWhile other species are present dark. They are Face black except forehead.
“The ears are oval and not pointed like the already known species; there are differences in the shape of the incisors and the weight: from 7 to 9 kg, and the pudu from the north weighs from 5 to 6 kg, while B. puta can reach 13 kg,” describes D'Elia.
“This study, through qualitative and quantitative morphological analysis and evaluation of genetic variation, shows that the current concept of P. mephistopheles includes two distinct species,” say the scientists.
In this way, Budu Buda, located in Chile and Argentina, is positioned as the only species of the genus Buda, in contrast to the remaining two species classified under Putella (the new Mephistopheles is now called Putella mephistopheles).
“These two species are sisters, forming a lineage unrelated to the Pudu of Chile and Argentina,” says the Chilean researcher.
According to the National Service of State Protected Natural Areas (Cernab), this species is only found in Peru and has been recorded in Rio Abiscio National Park, Yanachaca Camilon National Park, Pampa Hermosa National Reserve, and Cordillera del Cordillera National Reserve. Golan, Pui Pui Conservation Forest, Alto Mayo Conservation Forest and Sayu – Nain Community Reserve.
A few weeks ago, Chernob announced that an international team of scientists had discovered Two new species of animals Not yet identified on the face of the earth. To be more precise, a surprising discovery took place Golan HeightsLocated between the eastern and northern borders of the Amazonas region Maran rivers Y Utkubamba.
The highlight of this important discovery is that one of the animals named 'Bruce Dickinson', in honor of the legendary 65-year-old singer of the British heavy metal band iron maiden, Recognized songs like The Trooper, Run To The Hills, Waste Years.
The Enyalioides cyanocephalus It was described as a “blue-headed stick lizard”. Therein lies the highlight Blue head of some adult malesOf the specimens recorded by the researchers, only two adult males had a distinctive blue head.
Meanwhile, the Enyalioides dickinsoni, named “Dickinson's stick lizard,” has an orange head, green body, and small legs. It derives its specific name from respect Paul Bruce DickinsonLead singer of a famous heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
The reason for the name is not yet known. It is not ruled out that one of the researchers who participated in its discovery was a fan of its music or specifically the genre.
