Many new species of animals have been discovered in 2022 and have been discussed in the world. Today’s discussion is about some important new species of animals discovered last year. Scientists discovered a species of sloth in Brazil in 2022.
Earlier it was thought that only one species of sloth exists in that place. But a taxonomic review of morphology and DNA suggests that two species of sloth exist at the site; Northern (B. torquatus) and Southern (B. crinitus). In 2022, the discovery of a new species led to the discovery of a total of 8 miniature lizards, no larger than the index finger, from Madagascar. According to scientists, this Lygodactylus fritzi (lizard) belongs to the genus Domerguella.
It is believed that the eight species discovered are endangered. Two high-school students of the California Academy of Sciences in the United States have recently discovered two new species of crabs.
When the two students named ‘Harper Forbes’ and ‘Prakriti Jain’ failed to identify the species, they thought of resorting to science-related platform iNaturalist. However, as a research and field-work project, they are their researcher, Dr. When brought to Lauren Esposito, she identified a crab as a new species.
Its scientific name is P. conclusus. A slug is a type of snail in the order Mollusca. A team of scientists discovered this new species in Tara Canyon, the largest and deepest canyon in Europe. The first part of the animal’s scientific name, ‘pseudo-‘, is derived from the Greek language, which means fake or disguise. Because the first slug you see is L. cinereoniger. seems to be of the species.
A new species of Andean rat has been discovered in a remote part of Ecuador’s Sangai National Park. The mouse is named ‘burneoi’ after the famous Ecuadorian mammal expert Santiago F. After Bernio. Amphibious salamanders known as living fossils can grow up to 2 meters long. According to a 2018 study, there are at least five different species of Chinese giant salamanders.
The new species, discovered in China’s Jiangxi province, is different from the giant salamander species in southern China. It is scientifically named after its place of origin, Jiangxi.