{
  "id": 268857,
  "title": "Honduras review confirms 227 native mammal species after eight-year effort",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/honduras-review-confirms-227-native-mammal-species-after-eight-year",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-07T14:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-honduras-native-mammal-species-year.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An eight-year international research effort has produced the most comprehensive review of Honduras' mammals since 1998, verifying 227 native species across 146 genera and 42 families, along with three introduced rodent species. The study, published in the open-access journal ZooKeys, also forecasts that as many as 28 further species could eventually be confirmed in the country, bringing the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}