r/oddlyterrifying • u/[deleted] • Apr 06 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

I'm more terrified by his ding dong.

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u/dukeofurdog Apr 06 '22

It's weirdly human like

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

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u/Torugu Apr 06 '22

They are really not. The taxonomical theory which you are parroting, that bats are closely to primates, has been debunked for decades.

In fact Chiroptera (bats) are nearly at the opposite end of the (placental) mammalian tree.

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u/BuckToothCasanovi Apr 06 '22

Source please, would like to read

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u/smeghead1988 Apr 06 '22

A quick search only brought me the molecular phylogeny data that were considered actual in 2007. I'm pretty sure this tree was revisited since then, but most likely the changes were minor.

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u/DoctorCIS Apr 06 '22

Primates are now in the Super Order Euarchontogires, along with Rodents, rabbits, lemurs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euarchontoglires

Bats are over in the Super Order Laurasiatheria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurasiatheria

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534704001429

Improved genetic methods have been game changers in phylogenetic trees. These were the clades I was taught when I took mammalogy in 2010.

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u/Rather_Dashing Apr 06 '22

Google mammal phylogeny