New Bloodsucker Is Discovered: First North American Medicinal Leech Scientifically Described in Over 40 Years
August 15, 2019
August 15, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release:
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- Museum Collections Reveal the New Leech Has Hidden in Plain Sight for Decades
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Freshwater wetlands from Georgia to New York are home to a previously unrecognized species of medicinal leech, according to scientists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of National History. The new species, named Macrobdella mimicus, was first identified from specim . . .
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- Museum Collections Reveal the New Leech Has Hidden in Plain Sight for Decades
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Freshwater wetlands from Georgia to New York are home to a previously unrecognized species of medicinal leech, according to scientists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of National History. The new species, named Macrobdella mimicus, was first identified from specim . . .