In recent times various Zoochatters have made Photographic Guides to a variety of different animals.
Including but not limited to...
Relations to other mammals
The animal (whose name will be revealed later) we now consider a part of Tublidentata was originally placed in the order Edentata, alongside anteaters. However the distinct teeth, alongside other morphological characteristics, has made it clear that this species is not closely related to any other living mammal. Since the 1870s, this animal has been in its own separate order: Tubulidentata. All similarities to anteaters have independently developed as adaptations to eating ants in a classic example of convergent evolution.
Living species (SO, SO MANY!!!)
1. Aardvark
Scientific Name: Orycteropus afer
Family: Orycteropodidae
Distribution: Sub-Saharan Africa
Habitat: Basically everywhere but rain forests
Length (Including Tail): Up to 6.6 feet (2.0 meters for you non-Americans)
Weight: 130 to 180 pounds (58.9 to 81.6 kilograms for you non-Americans)
Diet: Myrmecophagy (practicing of eating ant and termites) and the aardvark cucumber
Awake Cycle: Nocturnal
(picture by @Jordan-Jaguar97)
(picture by @bongorob)
(picture by @csura999)
Wow that took a long time to talk about all those species. I appreciate you all for sticking around so long for me to finish this incredibly long thread.
Including but not limited to...
- ...The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Old World Primates (The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Old World Primates) by @Chlidonias
- ...The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Domestic Animals (The ZooChat Photographic Guide to Domestic Animals) by @birdsandbats
- ...the Zoochat photographic guide to Cetaceans (The Zoochat photographic guide to Cetaceans) by @Kakapo
- and TLD's Photographic Guide To The New Felid Taxonomy (TLD's Photographic Guide To The New Felid Taxonomy) by @TeaLovingDave
Relations to other mammals
The animal (whose name will be revealed later) we now consider a part of Tublidentata was originally placed in the order Edentata, alongside anteaters. However the distinct teeth, alongside other morphological characteristics, has made it clear that this species is not closely related to any other living mammal. Since the 1870s, this animal has been in its own separate order: Tubulidentata. All similarities to anteaters have independently developed as adaptations to eating ants in a classic example of convergent evolution.
Living species (SO, SO MANY!!!)
1. Aardvark
Scientific Name: Orycteropus afer
Family: Orycteropodidae
Distribution: Sub-Saharan Africa
Habitat: Basically everywhere but rain forests
Length (Including Tail): Up to 6.6 feet (2.0 meters for you non-Americans)
Weight: 130 to 180 pounds (58.9 to 81.6 kilograms for you non-Americans)
Diet: Myrmecophagy (practicing of eating ant and termites) and the aardvark cucumber
Awake Cycle: Nocturnal
(picture by @Jordan-Jaguar97)
(picture by @bongorob)
(picture by @csura999)
Wow that took a long time to talk about all those species. I appreciate you all for sticking around so long for me to finish this incredibly long thread.
