A giant rat about 5 times bigger than the common city rat and a tiny possum have been discovered by an expedition of scientists in a rainforest on Indonesian province of Papua. The jungle were the new mammals were found was discovered only in 2005, and was nicknamed "The Lost World", because it has been almost untouched by humans. The small possum also found was said to be one of the world's smallest marsupials. The forest is currently under threat from deforestation and illegal logging rampant in Indonesia.
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