考研英语阅读篇章科学家发现新物种圆耳象鼩
<p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unusual">unusual</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="remained">remained</span> <span word="hidden">hidden</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="long">long</span>.</p><p> 世界上存在如此相貌罕见而不为人知的动物，这似乎有点难以置信。</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="elephant">elephant</span> <span word="shrew">shrew</span><span word="or">or</span> <span word="round">round</span>-<span word="eared">eared</span> <span word="sengi">sengi</span> - <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="deserts">deserts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>.</p><p> 但科学家在遥远的西非南部刚刚发现了象鼩的一个新品种圆耳象鼩。</p><p> <span word="While">While</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="smallest">smallest</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 19 <span word="sengis">sengis</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="Macroscelidea">Macroscelidea</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="creature">creature</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="genetically">genetically</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="closely">closely</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="elephant">elephant</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="shrew">shrew</span>.</p><p> 虽然这一新发现的小动物是象鼩品种中最小的，但从遗传学角度看它却是大象的亲戚，而非鼩鼱科。</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Etendeka">Etendeka</span> <span word="round">round</span>-<span word="eared">eared</span> <span word="sengi">sengi</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="California">California</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sciences">Sciences</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="elephant">elephant</span> <span word="shrew">shrew</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>.</p><p> 这种圆耳象鼩是被加利福尼亚州科学院的科学家发现的，它是过去十年中新发现的第三种象鼩新品种。</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="diminutive">diminutive</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="smaller">smaller</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="sengi">sengi</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="rust">rust</span>-<span word="coloured">coloured</span> <span word="fur">fur</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="large">large</span>, <span word="hairless">hairless</span> <span word="gland">gland</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="underside">underside</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="tail">tail</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lacks">lacks</span> <span word="dark">dark</span> <span word="skin">skin</span> <span word="pigment">pigment</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Journal">Journal</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mammalogy">Mammalogy</span>.</p>
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