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Proboscidea (/ˌproʊbəˈsɪdiə/; from
Latin proboscis, from
Ancient Gr**** προβοσκίς (proboskís) 'elephant's trunk') is a
taxonomic order of
afrotherian mammals...
- 10,000
kilograms (22,000 lb). The
largest of these,
indricotheres and
proboscids, have been
hindgut fermenters,
which are
believed to have an advantage...
- (2009). "A
Probable Pollination Mode
Before Angiosperms: Eurasian, Long-
Proboscid Scorpionflies". Science. 326 (5954): 840–847. Bibcode:2009Sci...326..840R...
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later ones.
Despite this discovery,
their relationships to
manatees and
proboscids remain unresolved. The
analysis of
Cooper et al. (2014)
indicates the...
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occurred in
hindgut fermenters (perissodactyls,
rodents and
proboscids).
Hindgut fermenters are
subdivided into two
groups based on the relative...
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suited for wind
pollination or have
structures that
could support long-
proboscid fluid feeding. The
Aneuretopsychina were the most
diverse group of mecopterans...
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Pollinators include various species of
solitary bees, as well as sunbirds, long-
proboscid flies (such as
Moegistorhynchus longirostris), butterflies, and night...
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fauna was a
typical boreoeutherian one,
supplemented with
Afrotherian proboscids. The
invasions of
South America started about 40 Ma ago (middle Eocene)...
- JSTOR 2399833. Combs, J.K.; Pauw, A. (2009). "Preliminary
evidence that the long-
proboscid fly,
Philoliche gulosa,
pollinates Disa
karooica and its
proposed Batesian...
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order Proboscidea.
Though various contenders vie for the
title of
largest proboscid ever,
including the
steppe mammoth (M. trogontherii) of Asia, the columbian...
