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Rodent rises from the dead

New mammal is living representative of a lineage presumed extinct.

A family of rodents thought to have died out some 11 million years ago has a descendent alive and well and scampering around Asia.

Read the story here.

Posted by Helen Pearson on March 9, 2006 07:00 PM |

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