A monkey with white circles round its eyes, making it look like a ghost, is certainly one of 224 species newly added to a list of species within the Mekong area. Scientists discovered these species in 2020, but the report final yr was delayed. The monkey is the one mammal on the record, and the rest are reptiles, frogs and newts, fish, and crops. The countries within the Mekong region are Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.
The new monkey species, referred to as Popa Langur, has two distinct features; the white circles around its eyes, and its whiskers that point ahead. The primate looks much like the dusky leaf monkeys, or spectacled langurs, that are also darkish with white circles around the eyes. Many dusky leaf monkeys may be found at Railay beach in Thailand’s southern province Krabi, along the Andaman coast.
Scientists discovered the Popa Langur species late final 12 months. โซล่าเซลล์ will be listed as an endangered species, and scientists say solely 200 to 250 exist in a quantity of places. The Mekong region has huge wildlife diversity, and scientists have found 3,000 new species there since 1997.
Another uncommon species in the Mekong is the orange twin slug snake, a snake that eats slugs. Another is a model new type of Begonia with reddish flowers and berries. There can be a ginger plant called a stink bug, due to its dangerous smell. The report on the plant stated it smells like beetles Thais use to make chilli dipping sauce. The ginger plant was present in a plant shop in Northeastern Thailand.
Even although humans have damaged tropical forests and different wildlife areas, making many species go extinct, dozens of recent species are nonetheless discovered in the Mekong yearly..