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Moeritherium trigodon, the ancestor, or relative of the ancestor of elephants.Related content
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Elephants?
In this shot they look more like hippos.
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They were elephants, not hippos.
Very primitive elephants that had yet to evolve trunks.
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If they were hippos, I would have said so.
Besides, hippos are more closely related to whales and pigs than they are to elephants, which, in turn, are more closely related to hyraxes and sea cows.
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Comparitive anatomy.
Duh.
Go dissect a hyrax and an elephant.
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Nooo... I like hyraxes, and elephant poaching is illegal.
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Do I look like some brainiac genetecist?
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Then why are you doubting the Biology Major?
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I'm not doubting,
I'm just saying from the outside I can't see any such resemblance...
and if the resemblance is inside,
then I'd sooner not see if it meant carving up endangered species.
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Are there any extant relatives of the elephant other than hyraxes? I'm trying to remember, but I keep coming up blank.
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*coughcoughdugongsandmanateescoughcough*
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AHA! That's where I was drawng a blank!
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Yes, and I hope such information never disappears from my mind like Steller's Sea Cow...
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