Batodonoides vanhouteni

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An illustration of the extinct mammal Batodonoides vanhouteni, showing a small, shrew-like animal with a pointed snout, large eyes, and a long tail, next to a scale indicating its body length is about 3 centimeters or 1 inch.

Batodonoides vanhouteni

fossil mammal

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…of which the oldest species, Batodonoides vanhouteni, may have been the smallest mammal that ever lived. The genus includes three other species as well—B. walshi, B. powayensis, and B. rileyi. B. vanhouteni was found in lower Eocene rocks in Wyoming, and fossils of other species are also known from rocks…
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…of which the oldest species, Batodonoides vanhouteni, may have been the smallest mammal that ever lived. The genus includes three other species as well—B. walshi, B. powayensis, and B. rileyi. B. vanhouteni was found in lower Eocene rocks in Wyoming, and fossils of other species are also known from rocks…
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