What animals come from another era (photo)
They appeared millions of years ago and still live.
Komodo dragon
A distant ancestor of the Komodo dragon appeared in Asia about 40 million years ago and then migrated to Australia. Komodo dragon became a separate species about 4 million years ago and since then, little has changed. For a long time he lived in isolation on the Islands that saved the species from extinction.
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This bird is widespread in North America and Chukotka. Fossil remains prove that it appeared about 2.5 million years ago. Ancient canadian cranes differed slightly in size.
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Nowadays aardvarks live only in Africa, but in ancient times these animals lived also in southern Europe, Western Asia and Madagascar. Trubkozuby the oldest fossils found in Kenya and dated to the early Miocene (23-20 million years ago).
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Small Panda is also called cat bear. This striking animal is a little larger cat. Red Panda — a very distant relative of the giant Panda. Their common ancestor lived millions of years ago. And the direct ancestor of Ailurus fulgens appeared in the Miocene and lived not only on the territory of modern China, but also throughout Europe and North America.
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Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis frog with a pointed snout it lives in the mountains of the Western Ghats in India. The species was only discovered in 2003. It is a living fossil, which appeared 100 million years, when India, Madagascar and the Seychelles Islands were a single land. Today, the Seychelles is home to relatives of this beauty.
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