Scientists find Ethiopian water mouse after a century of absence

Conservationists from Nabu Ethiopia discovered a living Ethiopian water mouse in southwestern Ethiopia in mid-October.

The small mammal had not been seen for nearly 100 years. Scientists first described the species in 1928 based on a single individual, and no further evidence of its existence remained until this recent find. Nabu Ethiopia, a non-profit organization derived from the German nature conservation group Natuschutzbund Deutschland (Nabu), reported the sighting of the animal.