Lovely Bushveld elephant-shrew
These are really weird creatures
Few mammals have had a more colorful history of misunderstood ancestry than the elephant-shrews. Most species were first described by Western scientists in the mid to late 19th century, when they were considered closely related to true shrews, hedgehogs, and moles in the order Insectivora. Since then, there has been an increasing realization that they are not closely related to any other group of living mammals, resulting in biologists mistakenly associating them with ungulates, primates, and rabbits. The recent use of molecular techniques to study evolutionary relationships, in addition to the more traditional morphological methods, has confirmed that elephant-shrews represent an ancient monophyletic African radiation. Most biologists currently include the elephant-shrews in a new supercohort, the Afrotheria, which encompasses several other distinctive African groups or clades. These include elephants, sea cows, and hyraxes; the aardvark and elephant-shrews, and the golden-moles and tenrecs.
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How strange I thought they belonged to the families of rats or mice The evolution theories are full of surprises
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Thx for the lovely comments ...:)
And thx for the added info Klipspringer...:)
And thx for the added info Klipspringer...:)
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27 MAY:
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Darter in Pilansberg
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Darter in Pilansberg
Marakele day trips
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Knobthorn?
Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
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Looks like it
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28 MAY:
SWNMNBM taken in Mauritius!
SWNMNBM taken in Mauritius!
Marakele day trips
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