NEW YORK - A team of scientists working in Southeast Asia has discovered a new mammal resembling a rat, but in a rare move they had to create a new scientific family to categorize it.
Scientists found a long-whiskered rodent with stubby legs and a tail covered in dense hair, commonly known as the Laotian rock rat, or "kha-nyou" to locals.
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