Macrauchenia. Artist's impression of the extinct prehistoric mammal Macrauchenia. This herbivore lived 7 million to 20,000 years ago and descended fro

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Macrauchenia. Artist's impression of the extinct prehistoric mammal Macrauchenia. This herbivore lived 7 million to 20,000 years ago and descended from a group of extinct South American hoofed animals known as litopterns. Fossil evidence of the skull suggested that it had a long muscular proboscis on it's face. Macrauchenia was an extremely agile runner, able to twist and turn to avoid predators. It stood metres tall at the shoulder.

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Photo credit: © CHRISTIAN DARKIN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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