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TIL that the taxonomic clade uniting bats with mammals like whales, cheetahs, pangolins, and rhinos (Scrotifera) is named after the presence of a postpenile scrotum in their common ancestor
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TheTechnician27 lemmy.world TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-25
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrotifera

I single out bats (Chiroptera, "hand-wings") because those other ones are already under the grandorder Ferungulata. Scrotifera just brings the bats into the fold.
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JohnnyEnzyme piefed.social JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-11
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Chiroptera are still being debated upon the closest lineage of primates.

I.e.-- outside of the monkey / primate group of animals, they may be our closest relatives!
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arctanthrope lemmy.world arctanthrope@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-11-25
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

scrotifera literally means "nutsack havers"

edit: I suppose that's just a paraphrase of the title, isn't it
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LibertyLizard slrpnk.net LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-06-14
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JohnnyEnzyme wrote:
Chiroptera are still being debated upon the closest lineage of primates. I.e.-- outside of the monkey / primate group of animals, they may be our closest relatives!

I thought that was rodents.
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Successful_Try543 feddit.org Successful_Try543@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-22
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply
LibertyLizard wrote:
I thought that was rodents.

That's the other option that is being debated and is currently favoured.
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