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Newly Discovered: Previously Disputed Or Merely Alleged Species

A blind mole that swims through sand has been rediscovered after nearly 100 years​


https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/01/world/de-winton-golden-mole-rediscovered-c2e-scn-spc-intl/index.html

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After a two-year search relying on DNA samples and a sniffer dog, a team of conservationists and geneticists from the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and the University of Pretoria have successfully located what’s known as De Winton’s golden mole among sand dunes in the northwest of the country.

The elusive species hadn’t been officially sighted since 1936, and prior to that was only ever found in the small region of Port Nolloth in the northern Cape. About the size of a mouse or hamster and with a shimmering coat that mimics the sand, they are difficult to spot at the best of times. On top of this, they live in largely inaccessible burrows, rarely leave tunnels behind them, and have acutely sensitive hearing that detects movements from above ground.
 
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