List of animals new to science

List of animals new to science

:"For details of mammal species discovered in the 21st Century see new mammal species.

Mammals

*Arunachal Macaque (India), an Old World monkey
*Australian Snubfin Dolphin (Australia), a short-faced dolphin
*"Balaenoptera omurai" (Japan?), a new species of baleen whale
*Bernhardi Monkey (Brazil), a New World monkey
*Dingiso (New Guinea), a tree kangaroo
*Giant Muntjac (Vietnam), a relative of deer
*Highland Mangabey (Tanzania), an Old World monkey
*Laotian Rock Rat (Laos), a rodent related to porcupines
*Leaf Deer (Mynammar), a relative of deer
*Leaf Muntjac (Vietnam), a relative of deer
*Manticore Marmoset (Brazil), a small New World monkey
*"Microcebus lehilahytsara (Madagascar)", a mouse lemur
*"Mirza zaza" (Madagascar), a new lemur
*Panay Cloudrunner (Philippines), a squirrel-like rodent
*Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset (Brazil), a New World monkey
*Saola (Vietnam), a jungle antelope
*Sumatran Striped Rabbit (Sumatra, Laos, Vietnam)
*Truong Son Muntjac (Vietnam), a relative of deer

Birds

:Bird species new to science
*Calayan Rail (Philippines), a jungle ground-dwelling bird
*Jocotoco Antpitta (Ecuador), a songbird
*Sangha Forest Robin (Central African Republic), a songbird
*Wangi Wangi White-Eye (Sulawesi)

Reptiles

*Mary River Turtle (Australia)
*"Sphaerodactylus ariasae" (Caribbean)

Fish

*Axelrod (New Guinea), a coral reef fish

Invertebrates

*Causey's Cave Millipede (United States)
*Granrojo (East Pacific Rim), a red jellyfish
*"Symbion pandora", a new phylum of animal from 1995
*Youngsteadts' Cave Millipede (United States)

Fossil Species

*"Buitreraptor", a new dinosaur species (Argentina)
*"Striegeli", a fossil amphibian (United States)
*"Vetustovermis planus", a new Cambrian animal (China)


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