Scientists studied pangolin DNA from seven countries and rediscovered a Himalayan species that had been overlooked since 1836
- In 1836, a young British diplomat and naturalist named Brian Houghton Hodgson was stuck in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, far from Europe’s great museums but close to the forests and hills where strange animals still lived largely unseen.
- One day, he came across a creature that looked almost like a pangolin—and yet, not quite.
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- In 1836, a young British diplomat and naturalist named Brian Houghton Hodgson was stuck in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, far from Europe’s great museums but close to the forests and hills where strange animals still lived largely unseen.
- One day, he came across a creature that looked almost like a pangolin—and yet, not quite.
Sources: Times of India