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- noun A
rodent species of the Khammouan region ofLaos , scientific nameLaonastes aenigmamus, first described in 2005
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Last year, a new and unusual species of rodent was discovered in Laos, called Laonastes aenigmamus, or kha-nyou.
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Photos of the skull and an 11 million year old fossil can be found in “Laonastes/Diatomys/kha-nyou/rat-squirrel”, on Pharyngula.
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Photos of the skull and an 11 million year old fossil can be found in “Laonastes/Diatomys/kha-nyou/rat-squirrel”, on Pharyngula.
Laonastes/ Diatomys/ kha-nyou/ rat-squirrel - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Last year, a new and unusual species of rodent was discovered in Laos, called Laonastes aenigmamus, or kha-nyou.
Laonastes/ Diatomys/ kha-nyou/ rat-squirrel - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The second ‘late survivor’ brings us back to rodents: it’s the Laotian kha-nyou Laonastes aenigmamus, described last year as representing an entirely new hystricognath lineage, the Laonastidae (Jenkins et al. 2005).
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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