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Description
Leptictidium tobieni
Named by Wighart von Koenigswald and Gerhard Storch, 1987 (Generic name by Heinz Tobien, 1962)
Diet: Omnivore (Prey included lizards, insects, smaller mammals, and frogs, as well as plants)
Type: Eutherian (Leptictid) mammal
Size: 36 inches (90 centimeters) long
Region: Europe (Germany)
Enemies: Crocodilians such as Asiatosuchus (a 13-foot crocodile) and Boverisuchus (a 10-foot terrestrial crocodilian with hooves); predatory mammals like Lesmesodon (a primitive hyaenodontid creodont)
Age: Paleogene (Middle Eocene; 47.8 to 42 million BC)
Episode: New Dawn
Info: Scurrying through the lush foliage of the forest in what is the famous Messel Quarry Pit near Frankfurt, Germany around 47 million years ago in the Mid Eocene epoch, this bizarre bipedal mammal, with its long nose, resembles today's elephant shrews, powerful hind legs, and a long tail which aided in locomotion, but how this animal moved, whether it hopped like today's kangaroos (as shown in the original series) or just run fast is still in debate. The fossil remains of Leptictidium found in Messel were preserved with fur as well as a stomach content showing a diet of plant matter, insects, lizards, and small mammals, showing us that it was an omnivore.

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Description
Leptictidium tobieni
Named by Wighart von Koenigswald and Gerhard Storch, 1987 (Generic name by Heinz Tobien, 1962)
Diet: Omnivore (Prey included lizards, insects, smaller mammals, and frogs, as well as plants)
Type: Eutherian (Leptictid) mammal
Size: 36 inches (90 centimeters) long
Region: Europe (Germany)
Enemies: Crocodilians such as Asiatosuchus (a 13-foot crocodile) and Boverisuchus (a 10-foot terrestrial crocodilian with hooves); predatory mammals like Lesmesodon (a primitive hyaenodontid creodont)
Age: Paleogene (Middle Eocene; 47.8 to 42 million BC)
Episode: New Dawn
Info: Scurrying through the lush foliage of the forest in what is the famous Messel Quarry Pit near Frankfurt, Germany around 47 million years ago in the Mid Eocene epoch, this bizarre bipedal mammal, with its long nose, resembles today's elephant shrews, powerful hind legs, and a long tail which aided in locomotion, but how this animal moved, whether it hopped like today's kangaroos (as shown in the original series) or just run fast is still in debate. The fossil remains of Leptictidium found in Messel were preserved with fur as well as a stomach content showing a diet of plant matter, insects, lizards, and small mammals, showing us that it was an omnivore.

Walking with Beasts is owned by BBC