This egg - laying mammal, also called the spiny anteater, has lived in relative obscurity in the Australian bush. (scientificamerican.com)
In the 1940s Oppenheimer had watched the emergence from relative obscurity of coloured Bull Terriers, which were then becoming increasingly successful in the show ring. (thebullterrierclub.org)
But although he was bedecked with honours during his lifetime, including the Royal Medal of the Linnean Society and the Order of Merit, he slipped into relative obscurity for many years, his fame and reputation largely eclipsed by that of Charles Darwin. (newscientist.com)