10 Newly Discovered Animal Species!

10 Newly Discovered Animal Species!

10. Eriovixia Gryffindori

Eriovixia Gryffindori, also called the Harry Potter spider due to the resemblance to the sorting hat in the Harry Potter books, was discovered originally in Karnataka, India. It was discovered by Javed Ahmed, Rajashree Khalap and Sumukha Javagal.

9. Gracilimus Radix

The Gracilimus Radix is a new species of wild rodent that was discovered in Indonesia in a mountainous area. It’s also known as the slender root rat and weighs around 40 grams.

8. Domed Land Snail

Zospeum tholussum, also called domed land snail, is a land snail that was discovered in a cave system in Croatia. The domed land snail is blind, and has translucent shells with five to six whorls giving it a ghost like appearance.

7. Potamotrygon Rex

The Potamotrygon Rex is a new species of neotropical freshwater stingray. It was discovered in 2016 from the middle and upper Rio Tocantins, Brazil. And it is also called the Great River Stingray.

6. Xenoturbella Churro

The Xenoturbella Churro is a new species of sea creature that was found in eastern Pacific Ocean. It has an uncanny resemblance to the fried dough pastry, the churro, hence the name of the specie.

5. Scolopendra Cataracta

The Scolopendra Cataracta is centipede of nightmares. The newly discovered species was found in Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. It was named Cataracta, which means waterfall in Latin, where the centipede was collected.

4. Eulophophyllum kirki

The Eulophophyllum Kirki are katydids that were discovered when researchers were searching for tarantulas and snakes in Borneo, Malaysia. What makes them unique is that the females sport a distinctly rosy color which makes them stand out while the males are uniform green colors. However, both the male and the female have distinctive veins that make them look exactly like leaves.

3. Olinguito

Discovered in 2014, the Olinguito (which is also known as kitty bear), is a remarkable mammal from the raccoon family. It looks like a cross between a domestic cat and a romanticized teddy bear.

2. Pheidole Drogon

The Pheidole Drogon is a new ant species that resemble Khaleesi’s fire breathing dragons from the Game of Thrones Series, hence the name. The new ant species were firstly discovered in Papua New Guinea. They look unique with spiny barbs along their backs and shoulders that protect them against predators. Scientists were able to identify the Pheidole Drogon using 3D imaging technology.

1. Illacme Tobini

The Illacme tobini is new species of millipedes that was discovered in a cave near the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains California, USA. This creature posse 414 legs, no eyes, 200 poison gland and 4 penises. It also can continue adding body parts throughout their lives. The Illacme tobini posse nozzles on each of their 100 segments to secrete a chemical in order to defend themselves against any danger.

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