The Somali Sengi also known as the Somali Elephant-shrew, a mouse-size, elephant-like creature which has been considered a “lost species”, has recently been discovered by researchers around the wilds of the Republic of Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa. What’s an Elephant-Shrew There are twenty extant species of elephant-shrews. These species are neither elephants nor shrews, rather they are a close relative of other trunk-nosed creatures such as aardvarks, manatees, and elephants. They are African mammals and are predominantly insectivorous. These species have small bodies ranging from sizes of mouses to squirrels, and in addition, they also have … Continue reading Lost Species Rediscovered in Africa after 50 years