What are the lowest and most primitive mammals

Updated on science 2024-08-02
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  1. Anonymous users2024-02-15

    It shouldn't work, the yak is an animal that lives at a high altitude, and Heilongjiang is too low for the yak to adapt to it.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-14

    The most primitive animal is the platypus.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-13

    The smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat.

    The bumblebee bat is a large bumblebee bat in Thailand, with a maximum size of only 1 inch, and this miniature mammal has a wing extension of only 8 centimeters, belonging to the insectivorous bat class, which feeds on small insects flying in the air.

    Weighing only 2g, bumblebee bats are the smallest mammals, this miniature mammal can hover in the air like a hummingbird, and like all bats, they prefer to inhabit cave environments and like to feed on insects. Due to their small size, they can easily perch on the tip of their thumb. Discovered in 1974 and inhabiting limestone caves in Thailand, this bat is considered one of the 12 most endangered species in the world, with only 200 bumblebee bats remaining in the world.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    The smallest mammal is the shrew, which is only 4-6 centimeters long, the size of a bee.

    The shrew is only 4-6 centimeters long, and the tail length is 4-5 centimeters, which is not as big as a human thumb, and its weight does not exceed 5 grams, making it the smallest mammal in the world. This small shrew generally inhabits forests, and it is also found in the northwest of our country, and some people wonder why they have never been seen because it is so small that you can't find it.

    Shrew history traces

    Insectivores such as shrews may seem to be "inconspicuous" small animals, but they have played a very important role in the evolutionary history of mammals. They have appeared in the Upper Cretaceous strata of the Mesozoic Era, and are the most primitive and oldest of the placental mammals, and have played a pivotal role in the evolutionary history of mammals, and are the ancestors of most of the higher mammalian groups.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    The smallest mammals: Etruscan shrews, jerboas, bumblebee bats.

    1. Etruscan shrew

    The first to make the list is the Etruscan shrew, which has a long history of survival and has an amazing appetite, but it is extremely small, only about 4 centimeters long, weighs only about 2 grams, and looks like a rat to make people feel frightened. Insectivores such as shrews seem to be "inconspicuous" small animals, but they have played a very important role in the evolutionary history of mammals.

    They have appeared in the Upper Cretaceous strata of the Mesozoic Era, and are the most primitive and oldest branch of placental mammals, and are the ancestors of most of the higher mammalian groups, especially primates including humans, rodents with the largest species and numbers in the world, bats that can fly in the air, etc., and pterocarps, etc., are directly differentiated from early insectivores.

    2. Jerboas

    Jerboas, also known as "desert mickey mouse", have a petite size, but large eyes and heads, a long tail, and a very camouflaged coat color, the smallest of which is only about 7 centimeters.

    3. Bumblebee bats

    The bumblebee bat is the smallest bat in the world, it has a small size, often mistaken for a bumblebee, with a pig-like nose, which looks very funny, and its wings are only about 8 centimeters, which is not as big as a human palm.

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