But scientists have only just discovered a new species of elephant shrew or round-eared sengi-in the remote deserts of south western Africa.
但科学家在遥远的西非南部刚刚发现了象鼩的一个新品种圆耳象鼩。
but now it's called by its African name of sengi.
但现在很多人都改用它的非洲名字桑吉
This is a female rufous sengi.
这是一只母红象鼩鼱
the bizarre-looking creature, dubbed rhynochocyon udzungwensis, is a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi.
这种相貌怪异的动物,是巨型象鼩鼱的一种,常被戏称为“Rhynochocyonudzungwensis”(拉丁文)。
The diminutive animal is smaller than other sengi and has rust-coloured fur, a large, hairless gland on the underside of its tail and lacks dark skin pigment, according to the study published in the Journal of Mammalogy.
据《哺乳动物学杂志》的研究报告称,这种小动物体型比其他象鼩要小,长着黄锈色的皮毛,尾巴下方有着大型无毛腺,缺乏深色皮肤色素。
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