Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia's Cyclops Mountains, more than 60 years after it was last recorded.

A visitor to a zoo in Nakhon Si Thammarat posted a video clip and photos of an elderly and obviously sick hedgehog inside a cage, prompting an organization to take it to an animal hospital for treatment on Tuesday.