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Elephant shrews are, oddly, related to actual elephants

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Elephant shrew noses, as on this Rhynchocyon petersi, aren’t true trunks but wiggle well. 

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By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Elephant shrews — including so-called “giant” species the size of a squirrel — are more closely related to elephants than to shrews. As for their basic lifestyle, elephant shrews may be more like really mixed-up antelopes.