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Plesiorycteropus

Plesiorycteropus, also known as the bibymalagasy or Malagasy aardvark, is a recently extinct genus of mammals from Madagascar. Upon its description in 1895, it was classified with the aardvark, but more recent molecular evidence instead suggests that it is most closely related to the tenrecs (a group extant on the island). Two species are currently…

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Plesiorycteropus

Nodes147
Edges146
Triples250
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013605
Components1

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related to Literature cited · 136
Plesiorycteropus → African, Afrotherian, Ali, American Journal, American Museum, Annals, Asher, Asiatic, Atkinson, Bibymalagasia, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Buckley, Bulletin, Burney, Carnegie Museum, Carnivores, Catzeflis, Centetodon, Comparative Zoology, Cryptoprocta
related to Relationships · 37
Plesiorycteropus → Afrosoricida, Afrotheria, Bibymalagasia, Bryan Patterson, Charles Lamberton, DNA, Edentata, Eocene, Erinaceus, Filhol, France, He, However, In, Inés Horovitz, Johannes Thewissen, Leptomanis, Litopterna, MacPhee, Madagascar
related to Identification and species · 24
Plesiorycteropus → Ancient Greek, Another Plesiorycteropus, Belo, Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major, Charles Lamberton, Cheirogaleus, Daubentonia, French, Germaine Petter, Guillaume Grandidier, Henri Filhol, His, However, Hypogeomys, In, Lamberton, MacPhee, Madagascar, Majoria, Myoryctes
related to Description · 14
Plesiorycteropus → Any, Based, Daubentonia, Holocene, MacPhee, Madagascar, Malagasy, No, On, Pleistocene, Tenrec, The, There, This
related to Skull · 9
Plesiorycteropus → All, An, As, At, Like, MacPhee, The, There, Unlike
related to Ecology, behavior, and extinction · 7
Plesiorycteropus → It, MacPhee, Madagascar, Other, Some, The, Thus
related to Common names · 4
Plesiorycteropus → Instead, MacPhee, Madagascar, Malagasy
related to External links · 4
Plesiorycteropus → Media, Wikimedia Commons Data, Wikispecies, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Postcranium · 4
Plesiorycteropus → In, Six, The, There

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madagascariensis madagascar bone macphee species known germainepetterae aardvark found bones animal armadillos also mammals tenrecs aardvarks larger subscription required femur

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termitesinstance ofPlesiorycteropus was probably a digging animal that fed on insects0.80text
antsinstance ofPlesiorycteropus was probably a digging animal that fed on insects0.80text
the femurinstance ofcomplete long bones0.80text
humerusinstance ofcomplete long bones0.80text
antsinstance ofeating insects0.80text
termitesinstance ofeating insects0.80text
but may also have eaten other soft foodinstance ofeating insects0.80text
and because of its small size probably did not forage in termite moundsinstance ofeating insects0.80text
as the aardvark does.MacPhee had material of Plesiorycteropus from twelve sites in centralinstance ofeating insects0.80text
westerninstance ofeating insects0.80text
and southern Madagascarinstance ofeating insects0.80text
Plesiorycteropusrelated to Common namesMadagascar0.60section

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