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	Laonastidae Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Scientists rediscover a rodent thought to be extinct: report.
		aenigmamus, was interpreted as the sole member of a new family, Laonastidae, when scientists first witnessed its skeleton in 2005.
		Details of the bones and teeth, plus DNA analysis, place the animal in the new family Laonastidae, the researchers argue in the latest quarterly issue of Systematics and Biodiversity, dated December 2004.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Laonastidae.html (106 words)

	Ananova - New rodent discovered - on food stall
		The creature looks something like a cross between a large dark rat and a squirrel, but is actually more closely related to guinea pigs.
		It is not closely related to any other rodents and researchers have had to create a whole new family, the Laonastidae, to accommodate it.
		The last new mammal family was created in 1974 with the discovery of the bumblebee bat.
	www.ananova.com /news/story/sm_1394165.html?menu= (225 words)

	Laotian rock rat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The species was first described in a 2005 article by Paulina Jenkins and coauthors, who considered the animal to be so distinct from all living rodents that they placed it in a new family, Laonastidae.
		In 2006 the classification of the Laotian rock rat was disputed by Mary Dawson and coauthors.
		The most recent incident prior to the discovery of the family Laonastidae of the Laotian rock rat by Western science was the discovery of the bumblebee bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai; family Craseonycteridae) in 1974.
	en.askmore.net /Laonastes.htm (1085 words)

	GEO Year Book 2006
		A new mammal family was created – the first in over 30 years – to accommodate the discovery in Central Laos of a new species of rodent, Laonastes aenigmamus, The rat was discovered in the Khammouan Limestone Biodiversity Conservation Area in May 2005.
		The Laotian rock rat, or Kha-nyou as it is known locally, is not related to any other species of rodent, and the new family Laonastidae, was created to accommodate it.
		The last new mammal family was created in 1974 with the discovery of the bumblebee bat in Thailand.
	www.unep.org /geo/yearbook/yb2006/023.asp (681 words)

	Rock rat's family goes way back (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The surprising story began when mammal biologists led by Paulina Jenkins, of London's Natural History Museum, published a paper in April describing carcasses of animals called kha-nyou, or rock rats, that were sold as food in markets in Laos.
		After examining its anatomy and genetics, the Jenkins team concluded the kha-nyou was so unlike any other known rodent that it not only represented a new genus and species, named Laonastes aenigmamus, but also a brand new family, dubbed Laonastidae.
		That was big news in the scientific arena, and it got a lot of attention in mainstream news media, too, said Chris Beard, the Carnegie's head of vertebrate paleontology.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06069/668088.stm (828 words)

	Hotspots E-News, Fall 2005
		Discoveries of new mammal families are even rarer, yet that is exactly what happened when biologist Rob Timmins of the Wildlife Conservation Society recovered specimens of an unknown species of rodent at local food markets in the Indo-Burma Hotspot, while conducting biodiversity surveys in Khammouan Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic.
		The Laotian Rock Rat Laonastes aenigmamus, or "kha-nyou" as it is known in Laos, represents the first new mammal family (Laonastidae) to science since the discovery of the Bumblebee Bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai, EN (family Craseonycteridae), the smallest chiropteran species, in 1974.
		Very little is known of the ecology of the Laotian Rock Rat, other than it is thought to be nocturnal and is believed to occur only in regions of rocky karst limestone outcrops.
	www.maildogmanager.com /page.html?p=000001XDDtjAo78cMflAFcJ7w19uTuBtFmUKo= (2438 words)

	'Kebab meat' rodent turned out to be new species -- Middle East Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		New rodent species are discovered at the rate of one every year or so.
		But what makes the rock-rat special is that it is the first member of a whole new family of mammals, now called Laonastidae.
		The last time this happened was in 1974 when the bumblebee bat was discovered.
	www.metimes.com /print.php?StoryID=20050520-045230-3753r (371 words)

	BioEd Online: Rodent rises from the dead
		The locals call it the Kha-nyou; scientists christened it Laonastes aenigmamus.
		The little animal drew attention at the time because it was so different from other rodents that it was thought to represent a new family of mammals, which the scientists called Laonastidae.
		But when palaeontologist Mary Dawson at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, saw the animal she thought otherwise.
	www.bioedonline.org /news/news-print.cfm?art=2393 (489 words)

	Sustainable Development resources
		Writing in the journal Systematics and Biodiversity, researchers said that Laonastes aenigmamus is particularly unusual as it is not closely related to any other rodents.
		Experts from WCS, the Natural History Museum in London, University of Vermont and World Wide Fund for Nature-Thailand have created a whole new family, the Laonastidae, to accommodate it.
		New rodents are discovered by scientists at the rate of about one a year, but new mammal families are much rarer, with the last one created in 1974.
	www.scenta.co.uk /scenta/library/cseng.cfm?cit_id=18272&FAArea1=widgets.content_view_1 (342 words)

	InfoHub - ROCK RAT "KHA-NYOU" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		New rodent species are discovered at the rate of one every year or so.
		But what makes the rock-rat special is that it is the first member of a whole new family of mammals, now called Laonastidae.
		The last time this happened was in 1974, when the bumblebee bat was discovered.
	www.infohub.com /forums/showthread.php?p=7746#post7746 (376 words)

	Rodent thought to be extinct 11 mln years found alive_technology_English_SINA.com
		LOS ANGELES, March 9(Xinhuanet)-- A rodent discovered last year in Laos may actually be a survivor of a group believed to have been extinct for 11 million years, an international group of scientists reported on Thursday.
		Chuan-kui Li, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is also a member of the team.
		The discovery of the living diatomyid rodent Laonastes offers a rare case of the so-called"Lazarus effect," which refers to the re-appearance of a species after a lengthy blank in the fossil record, the researchers said.
	english.sina.com /technology/p/1/2006/0310/68782.html (500 words)

	Weird Asia News, Chinese, Japanese, Asian \| Strange, Odd, Crazy » 2006 » October » 17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Closely related to guinea pigs and chinchillas, although it looks like a squirrel rat, the Rock Rat has long wiskers, a thick furry tail, large paws, stubby legs and is about 40 centimeters long from nose to tail.
		The “Laonastidae Aenigmamus” was unique enough to have a whole new family, the Laonastidae, to accomodate it.
		The last new mammal family to be created was long ago in 1974, the bummblebee bat, making this discovery remarkable, yet tasty find.
	weirdasianews.com /2006/10/17 (460 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Laonastidae
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Laonastidae" at HighBeam.
		Scientists rediscover a rodent thought to be extinct: report.
		More information is at your fingertips at HighBeam Research:
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Laonastidae (54 words)

	Ocellated » Loatian Rock Rat
		This amazing animal wasn’t described to science until 2005 from specimans that turned up in a food market in Laos.
		At the time, it was placed into it’s own unique family Laonastidae.
		Recently however, other scientists have suggested that it actually belongs to a family of rodents last known from the fossil record 11 million years ago, the Diatomyidae.
	www.ocellated.com /2006/06/15/loatian-rock-rat (235 words)

	Young People's Trust for the Environment
		The rock rat looks like a cross between a large dark rat and a squirrel, but is actually more closely related to guinea pigs.
		Researchers have had to create a whole new family, called Laonastidae, to place the rodent as it is not closely related enough to any other type of rodent.
		The last new mammal family to be discovered was in 1974, which was the tiny bumblebee bat found only in the Karmhanaburi Province in Western Thailand.
	www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/dailygecko_news/archives/17.05.05.html (1238 words)

	Kha-Nyou Smell a Rat? : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		It took two years to get specimens out of Laos and another seven for Paulina Jenkins of London's Natural History Museum and C. William Kilpatrick of the University of Vermont to do a complete scientific analysis of the creature and prepare a long, detailed paper for publication in the journal Systematics and Biodiversity.
		They gave the kha-nyou the Latin name Laonastes aenigmamus, in the new family Laonastidae.
		Laonastes translates to "inhabitant of the rocks of Laos." Aenigmamus means "riddle mouse," which "alludes to the enigmatic taxonomic position of this rodent," the journal article explains.
	sf.indymedia.org /print.php?id=1718063 (538 words)

	Scientific American: Kha-Nyou Smell a Rat?
		It took two years to get specimens out of Laos and another seven for Paulina Jenkins of London's Natural History Museum and C. William Kilpatrick of the University of Vermont to do a complete scientific analysis of the creature and prepare a long, detailed paper for publication in the journal Systematics and Biodiversity.
		They gave the kha-nyou the Latin name Laonastes aenigmamus, in the new family Laonastidae.
		Laonastes translates to "inhabitant of the rocks of Laos." Aenigmamus means "riddle mouse," which "alludes to the enigmatic taxonomic position of this rodent," the journal article explains.
	scientificamerican.com /print_version.cfm?articleID=0006DBBA-001A-12D8-BDFD83414B7F0000 (511 words)

	Animal Pictures Archive: Animal Photo Album - Mosquito
		The species was first described in a 2005 article by Paulina Jenkins and coauthors, who considered the animal to be so distinct from all living rodents that they placed it in a new family, Laonastidae.
		In 2006 the classification of the Laotian rock rat
		The most recent incident prior to the discovery of the family Laonastidae of the Laotian rock rat
	animalpicturesarchive.com /view.php?tid=3&did=330253 (897 words)

	Amazon.com: Laonastidae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The new family is called Laonastidae; the genus is Laonaste.s; and...
		white-headed (fl leaf monkey) 369 Laonastidae xxxii Lariscus (striped squirrels) 150...
		it in a new family, Laonastidae, which means "inhabitant of stone."...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Laonastidae&tag=tabularasa0f&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (221 words)

	plawiuk: Giant Rat of Sumatra
		Based on differences in the skull and bone structure, coupled with DNA analysis, the authors estimated that the kha-nyou diverged from other rodents millions of years ago.
		The researchers, who included others from the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Vermont, placed the kha-nyou in a new scientific family, Laonastidae.
		A drawing of the kha-nyou, a newly found type of mammal.
	plawiuk.livejournal.com /22794.html (645 words)

	A new species on the menu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		It has been given the Latin name Laonastes aenigmamus, or "enigmatic mouse that lives among stones".
		The family has been given the name Laonastidae.
		The new species, which is described in the journal Systematics and Biodiversity, has long whiskers, stubby legs and a tail covered in dense hair.
	www.benadorassociates.com /pf.php?id=14834 (402 words)

	JYI.org :: It’s a Squirrel, It’s a Guinea Pig, It’s an “Enigmatic Rock-Dwelling Mouse”
		I knew immediately it was something I had never seen before," said Timmins.
		The Kha-Nyou is so different from other known rodents that Timmins and his colleagues had to place it in a new family, the Laonastidae.
		According to an article in New Scientist, its closest relatives may be African rodents such as the naked mole rat.
	www.jyi.org /news/nb.php?id=262 (471 words)

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		It's worth pointing out that although all the press coverage makes it sound like the article identifies the living species Laonastes aenigmamus as a living representative of the fossil diatomyid rodent species Diatomys shantungensis.
		The article just refers Laonastes to the Diatomyidae, instead of the original family established for the species, Laonastidae, not a referral to the fossil species D. shnatungensis, which is a lot less drastic than it has been made out to be by the press.
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	arstechnica.com /journals/science.ars/2006/3/10/3129 (440 words)

	Science in the News Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Despite its place on a menu, kha-nyou had never garnered a spot in biology textbooks.
		the creature is so unique that it's been given its own family, Laonastidae.
		The discovery was written up and reported in the journal Systematics and Biodiversity.
	www.americanscientist.org /template/Newsletter?memberid=null&issueid=5741 (2101 words)

	Scribal Terror: Biodiversity on the March
		Biologist Robert Timmons has "discovered" a new kind of rodent at a market in Laos.
		Called the kha-nyou, or rock rat, this little fellow is a bit like a guinea pig, but different enough to warrant opening up an entirely new family of mammals, called the Laonastidae, to accommodate him.
		Timmons "discovered" kha-nyou "for sale on a table next to some vegetables." Laotians are wont to roast the previously unknown species on a skewer.
	scribalterror.blogs.com /scribal_terror/2005/05/biodiversity_on.html (231 words)

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