Rhinogradentia
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Rhinogradentia is a fictitious order of extinct shrew-like mammals invented by German zoologist Gerolf Steiner. Members of the order, known as rhinogrades or snouters, are characterized by a nose-like
A mock taxidermy of a rhinograde, using its "nasorium" to fish, at the Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg.
Hopsorrhinus aureus at Museum Wiesbaden
Nasoperforator, a genus "discovered" on April Fools' Day in 2012 by the National Museum of Natural History in France.
Hyorhinomys stuempkei, a real species of shrew rat named for Stümpke
Hyorhinomys
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Hyorhinomys stuempkei, the hog-nosed shrew rat or Sulawesi snouter, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae, more specifically in the subfamily Murinae, endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is the
Rhinogradentia
…de Strasbourg and the Salzburg Haus der Natur. Three real species have been named after Steiner and Stümpke: Rhinogradentia steineri, a snout moth, Hyorhinomys stuempkei, a shrew rat also known as the Sulawesi snouter, and Tateomys rhinogradoides, the Tate's shrew rat. Caminalcules, another fictional group of animals…
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