The team collected three specimens, all found near the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu, and determined it was a new species, ...

A new species of mouse with a remarkably long tail, dubbed Otavalo’s Andean mouse, has been discovered near a dormant volcano in Ecuador. Named in honor of the local Otavalo culture, the mouse ...

In the mountains north of Quito, Ecuador, a small new species is followed by a “very long tail,” researchers said. Florian Delée via Unsplash High in the Andes of northern Ecuador, cities sit ...

But they can also move from a higher limb to a lower limb by dragging that long tail across the upper limb and lowering themselves slowly to a lower limb." You may like Northern giant mouse lemur ...

Incanomys mayopuma, or the Incan water mouse, is about 10 inches long and has traits such as a long flattened tail and large hindfeet with fringe hairs, which indicate it is strongly adapted to ...