HERITAGE Expeditions has helped veteran conservationist Tim Flannery rediscover an extinct marsupial – the ring-tailed glider, a Lazarus taxa species known as Tous. It took more than a decade for Flannery to find the animal, which was made possible by gathering evidence from around the globe, including voyages on the...
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HERITAGE Expeditions has helped veteran conservationist Tim Flannery rediscover an extinct marsupial – the ring-tailed glider, a Lazarus taxa species known as Tous.
It took more than a decade for Flannery to find the animal, which was made possible by gathering evidence from around the globe, including voyages on the ‘Indonesian Explorer’ itinerary.
“I was also able to scout the coast along the PNG-Indonesian border, where fossils of Tous were found, and plan fieldwork there,” explained Flannery.
“Given the remoteness of these regions, the cost involved in getting to them, and the other difficulties involved, I simply could not have undertaken this project without Heritage Expeditions.”
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