A glyptosternine catfish found in the Bupal stream, a tributary of the Dujang River in the Chindwin river system of Manipur, near the Myanmar border, in fast-flowing rocky habitat. It has a strongly flattened head and body, enlarged paired fins with adhesive striae, and a prominent nasal barbel extending beyond the back margin of the eye — the trait its name refers to. The genus Exostoma now has 23 recognised species, seven of them in the Chindwin-Irrawaddy drainage. News article: https://vajiramandravi.com/current-affairs/exostoma-nasibarbatum/ — Image: specimen photograph, carried on the Vajiram & Ravi page.
An extinct megapode identified from a single fragment of lower leg bone excavated at Liang Bua on Flores, the cave known for Homo floresiensis. The bird is estimated at about 3.9 kg, several times heavier than the living orange-footed megapode on Flores, and it is the first fossil megapode described from Wallacea. The species name honours Indonesian zooarchaeologist Rokus Due Awe. News article: https://www.sci.news/paleontology/megapodius-rokusi-15170.html — Image: Megapodius rokusi (left) next to Megapodius reinwardt (right), reconstruction, credit Davin Arya Nirwasita.
A tapejarid pterosaur from the Cambridge Greensand of England, based on a partial skull roof first described in 1870 and long lumped into other genera. CT scanning of the specimen produced new data on its brain. The animal lived in the late Albian, about 105 to 100 million years ago, and its remains were later reworked into younger Cenomanian deposits. The species name honours Tilly Edinger, the founder of modern palaeoneurology. News article: https://tetzoo.com/blog/2026/10/31/1tapejarid-pterosaur-from-cambridge-greensand — Image: reconstructed life appearance, credit Matheus Gadelha.
Two bandicoot species recognised through a ten-year reassessment of hundreds of museum specimens, using DNA and skull measurements. Isoodon microtis, the little brown bandicoot of South Australia, is newly described and believed to have gone extinct about a century ago. Isoodon moresbyensis, the New Guinea brown bandicoot, is raised from a subspecies of the northern brown bandicoot to a full species. The same work also extended the known historical range of the quenda eastward into South Australia. News article: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-bandicoot-species-trawling-museum-drawers.html — Image: artist's impression of Isoodon microtis, credit Nellie Piese / WA Museum.
