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Show ROOSEVELT HAS FOUND BRAND-NEW ANIMAL WASHINGTON, .Ian. 3.--A ncw anlmal has been discovered in British East Africa Af-rica by the Smithsonian African scientific scien-tific expedition, which, under tho leadership lead-ership or Colonel Roosevelt, is in that region getting speclniensi of fauna and flora for the Smithsonian Institution. This "new animal, tho liivt announcement, announce-ment, of whose discovery was mado at the Smithsonian institution today, is a hitherto unknown species of otoeyon. to which officials of the scientific organization organ-ization have given tho specific, name of versa tus. It is a small carnivorous mammal, closely resembling a fox. "Otocvon Roosevelt us." aa a cognomen for the 'new animal, would make an appropriate ap-propriate designation and one Hv" woulrl bavo perpetuated the name of the former for-mer president as the discoverer of the species, but the Smithsonian nfficla s. perhaps fearln'g the discoverer would object, ob-ject, decided to make its specific name vergatus. meaning striped. |