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Article: Smallest deer in the world discovered in Himalayas ; More than 350 new species found in region
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2009
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KATMANDU, Nepal - The world's smallest deer, a flying frog, and
catfish that stick to rocks - as well as more than 350 other
species - have been discovered over the past decade in the
Himalayas, making it one of the world's most biologically rich
regions, an environmental group said yesterday.
Researchers warn that the effects of climate change, as well as
development, threaten the diverse habitat that supports these
species.
"This enormous cultural and biological diversity underscores the
fragile nature of an environment which risks being lost forever
unless the impacts of climate change are reversed," said Tariq Aziz,
the leader of the World Wildlife Fund's Living Himalayas Initiative, ...