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troutman · 12-07-2005, 08:40 AM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/scien...488330,00.html

There are about 4,000 mammals on the planet. Scientists in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment warned yesterday that more than a fifth of all mammals, a third of all amphibians and a quarter of the world's coniferous trees are threatened.
But paradoxically, zoologists and ornithologists keep discovering species or rediscovering others thought to have gone into oblivion. In the last few weeks a hitherto unsuspected rodent appeared in Laos and US ornithologists announced the rediscovery of a giant wood******, thought to have vanished decades ago, in Arkansas.

There are probably thousands of unclassified insects and marine animals, but it is not often that new mammals are discovered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology is the study of rumoredanimals that are presumed (at least by the researcher) to exist, but for which conclusive proof does not yet exist, or for animals which are generally considered extinct, but are occasionally reported. Those who study or search for such animals are called cryptozoologists, while the hypothetical creatures involved are referred to by some as "cryptids", a term coined by John Wall in 1983.

12-07-2005, 08:40 AM	#7
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/scien...488330,00.html There are about 4,000 mammals on the planet. Scientists in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment warned yesterday that more than a fifth of all mammals, a third of all amphibians and a quarter of the world's coniferous trees are threatened. But paradoxically, zoologists and ornithologists keep discovering species or rediscovering others thought to have gone into oblivion. In the last few weeks a hitherto unsuspected rodent appeared in Laos and US ornithologists announced the rediscovery of a giant wood****, thought to have vanished decades ago, in Arkansas. There are probably thousands of unclassified insects and marine animals, but it is not often that new mammals are discovered. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoology Cryptozoology** is the study of rumoredanimals that are presumed (at least by the researcher) to exist, but for which conclusive proof does not yet exist, or for animals which are generally considered extinct, but are occasionally reported. Those who study or search for such animals are called cryptozoologists, while the hypothetical creatures involved are referred to by some as "cryptids", a term coined by John Wall in 1983.