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Article: Museum biologists find rare, unusual animals in Bhutan study.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- January 23, 2002
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Byline: Amy E. Nevala
CHICAGO_Last year three biologists from Chicago's Field Museum landed in Bhutan, a country half the size of Indiana touted to be a wildlife jewel in the southern Asian landscape.
What they found amazed them. Sheep with thick, curling horns, brown spotted deer, and speckled owls smaller than pigeons were among the creatures thriving in the lush forests_and all needed identification.
In late January, biologists joined Bhutan natural resource and government officials in signing an agreement to conduct Bhutan's first comprehensive wildlife inventory.
Though not without its environmental woes, such as deforestation, ...