Pachyrukhos
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| Pachyrukhos Fossil range: late Oligocene to middle Miocene |
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Pachyrukhos is an extinct genus of mammal.
It was about 30 cm (1 ft) long and closely resembled a rabbit, possessing a short tail and long hind feet. Pachyrukhos was probably also able to hop, and it had a rabbit-like skull with teeth adapted for eating nuts and tough plants. Its hearing was very good, and it probably had large ears. All these similarities are not very surprising as Pachyrukhos filled the ecological niche of rabbits in South America.
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