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Four-toed elephant shrew (Petrodromus tetradactylus).
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four-toed elephant shrew

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Also known as: Petrodromus tetradactylus

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  • Four-toed elephant shrew (Petrodromus tetradactylus).
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    micus), and the four-toed elephant shrew (Petrodromus tetradactylus); those three genera are classified together in a subfamily separate from Rhynchocyon. Macroscelididae is the only family in the order Macroscelidea. There are eight extinct genera, some of which had teeth similar to antelopes’ and were probably herbivores. The evolutionary…

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