Atlantic Forest of Brazil. The single species, D. albimaculatus, is
known only from the states of São Paulo and Santa Catarina and was not
named until 2011. It lives in the humid forest on the eastern slopes of
the Serra do Mar and perhaps reproduces year-round. Although its range
is relatively large and includes some protected areas, it is patchy and
threatened, and the discoverers recommend that the animal be considered
"Near Threatened" on the IUCN Red List. Within Oryzomyini, Drymoreomys
appears to be most closely related to Eremoryzomys from the Andes of
Peru, a biogeographically unusual relationship. With a body mass of
44–64 g (1.6–2.3 oz), Drymoreomys is a medium-sized rodent with
long fur that is orange to reddish-buff above and grayish with several
white patches below. The pads on the hindfeet are very well developed
and there is brown fur on the upper sides of the feet. The tail is brown
above and below. The front part of the skull is relatively long and the
ridges on the braincase are weak. The palate is short, with its back
margin between the third molars. Several traits of the genitals are not
seen in any other oryzomyine.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drymoreomys>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1801:
John Marshall became the fourth Chief Justice of the United
States; his court opinions would help lay the basis for American
constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a coequal branch of
government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Marshall>
1900:
Datu Muhammad Salleh, leader of a series of major disturbances
in North Borneo, was shot dead in Tambunan, but his followers did not
give up for five more years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_Salleh_Rebellion>
1943:
World War II: American and Australian forces stopped a Japanese
advance in the Battle of Wau during the New Guinea campaign.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wau>
1958:
Explorer 1 (pictured), the United States' first satellite, was
launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and became the first spacecraft
to detect the Van Allen radiation belt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_1>
2007:
Suspects were arrested in Birmingham, UK, accused of plotting
to kidnap, and eventually behead, a Muslim British soldier serving in
Iraq.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_plot_to_behead_a_British_Muslim_soldier>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
smaragdine:
Having the colour of emeralds.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/smaragdine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Everything is literally entangled, it can all be communicated with and
affected "at a distance" because there is no distance, only a simulation
of apparent separation which our limited consciousness feeds us second
by second at 11 bits. The "telepathy" which brings people together is no
more or less supernatural or unlikely than the "telepathy" which brings
two of your fingers together when you think about it. Patience,
participation and constant close observation of what's going on, on the
inside and on the outside will soon make you a fine sorcerer, if that's
what you want to be.
--Grant Morrison
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Grant_Morrison>
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