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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5082264.stm

The pictures show a friendly, furry creature about the size of a squirrel that waddles a bit like a duck.

Experts say the kha-nyou can trace its line to a rodent family that initial studies had suggested became extinct more than 11 million years ago.

非常に古いタイプの、生きた化石ともいえるげっ歯類だそうだ。
人間と仲良くしているシーンのビデオあり。
ラオス、タイ国境近く