In 2008, a group of scientists went to the foja Mountains in Guinea. The Mountains are unique. There are no roads, no people-and almost no human impact, one group member said In just a few week, the international team found at least 12 different new species. These species live only in the foja Mountains. here are a few of the animals they discovered.
Biologist Kristofer Helgen found this tiny tree mouse, which travels form one tree to another. It uses them almost like a highway in the forest. It hardly ever goes down and touches the ground, he says.
The blossom bat with a really long tongue. It uses it to drink nectar form flowers. It' kind of like the hummingbird of the bat world,says Helgen.
The scientists also found a frog, which they called the pinocchio frog because of its long nose. They were very lucky-they caught one in the camp hitchen. During the whole trip,this was the only one they saw.