New species a little nipper

Recently discovered vontsira is first new carnivore in two decades

Scientists have found the first new carnivore species to be discovered in more than 20 years, a mongoose-like creature with a pointed snout and sharp teeth that lives in the swampy wetlands of Lac Alaotra, Madagascar’s largest lake.

MUG SHOT A small creature called a Durrell’s vontsira is the first new carnivore species discovered in more than 20 years.