Mongabay on Nostr: On Zanzibar’s second-largest island, Pemba, lives a diminutive antelope that ...
On Zanzibar’s second-largest island, Pemba, lives a diminutive antelope that hasn’t been officially recorded in at least 20 years.
Its long absence has fueled fears the animal may have been exterminated from Ngezi Forest Reserve by hunters.
In early December, a group of scientists and conservationists set up camera traps to try to find signs that this subspecies of the tiny blue duiker is still alive.
By Ryan Truscott
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/an-oval-with-legs-in-search-of-tanzanias-tiny-island-antelope/
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Its long absence has fueled fears the animal may have been exterminated from Ngezi Forest Reserve by hunters.
In early December, a group of scientists and conservationists set up camera traps to try to find signs that this subspecies of the tiny blue duiker is still alive.
By Ryan Truscott
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/an-oval-with-legs-in-search-of-tanzanias-tiny-island-antelope/
#News #Wildlife #Conservation #Wildlife