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People do not live everywhere and not all people think the animals are "undiscovered," but they just do not have Latin names for them yet. Some animals are "discovered" being sold for meat. Just because some people hunt, sell and eat them does not mean that scientists know about them yet. Recent new mammals were discovered on islands or mountain ranges where nobody lives. Another factor is that small animals rarely have their bones fossilized so there is often no bones found so unless someone traps them, they will never be discovered. Some animals eat grasses or leaves so they would not be interested in anything you might bait a trap with and so are never trapped either. Owls and some other Birds of Prey cough up the indigestible parts of their meals which might include bones of an undiscovered species so owl pellets are often collected and studied.


(I felt this answer did not make sense, but it's apparent much work was put into this. Here's my personal opinion on the matter.)

There are millions of animal species on earth. Supposedly, over half were "created" by the act of cross breeding.
Many captive animals mate each other. This is common in the same type of animal, even when they're different species. (For example, if a Border Collie Dog Breeds with a German Shepherd, this creates a new breed of dog.) On extremely rare occasions (and I can't stress enough how rare this is...) two animals of totally different species may end up reproducing, easily making a totally new animal altogether.

At the same time, there may only be a very small amount of one animal. These small groups of animals may have pulses of higher reproduction, thus making this animal much easier to find. Animals also tend to go into hiding, possibly for years at a time.

And on top of THAT, obviously, we humans do not have the equipment to explore every scare inch of the world, including deep underground. Which brings me to my next topic- below ground and below sea level animals. These animals may not surface ever in their lifetime. But then again, they may. When these animals surface, the ones that we do not have the tools to search for can be more easily found.

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