#marchmammals

[katborg82]

DAY 28 - PALAEOLOXODON

Palaeoloxodon falconeri, a dwarf elephant unlike its much larger mainland relatives, a result of island dwarfism, is terrorized by the giant swan Cygnus falconeri on the island of Sicily during the middle Pleistocene (500-200 Kya)

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26/03/2025 Aenocyon

[katborg82]

DAY 2 - VOLATICOTHERIUM

Volaticotherium antiquum, a small gliding mammal from middle Jurassic Asia, leaping from the treetops to escape a predator. (~164 Mya)

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DAY 17 - MESOHIPPUS

Mesohippus barbouri, an early tridactyl horse from North America during the middle Eocene - early Oligocene, playfully gallops through the savanna. (37-32 Mya)

[katborg82]

DAY 30 - SMILODON

Smilodon fatalis, a large felid with saber-like canines from the Americas during the Pleistocene and early Holocene, wakes up from a mid afternoon nap in the western United States. (2.5m-8.2k years ago)

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16/03/2025 Daeodon

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23/03/2025 Glyptodon

[katborg82]

DAY 19 - DEINOTHERIUM

Deinotherium giganteum, a large proboscidean with backwards-facing tusks on its lower jaw and probably a shorter trunk than modern elephants, takes a drink of water in middle Miocene - early Pliocene Europe. (~7-3 Mya)