Zoological Survey of India

Centuries-old museum specimens unlock mysteries of South Asian treeshrews

Newz BabaApril 25, 2025April 25, 202506 mins

Museum specimens, the Zoological Survey of India used to unlock morphological mysteries of the South Asian treeshrews. | Picture Credit score: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT GUWAHATI Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have resolved longstanding taxonomic ambiguities surrounding South Asian treeshrews – small, insectivorous mammals usually misidentified because of their superficial resemblance to squirrels. Drawing…

ZSI scientists uncover new species of Indo-Burmese pangolin

Newz BabaJanuary 11, 202505 mins

The brand new species of Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica). | Photograph Credit score: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Scientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have recognized a brand new species of Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica) that diverged from the Chinese language pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) roughly 3.4 million years in the past. The event of the species was…