Wikipedia article of the day for February 24, 2019 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot

The Wikipedia article of the day for February 24, 2019 is Plesiorycteropus. Plesiorycteropus was a mammal from Madagascar that became extinct sometime after 200 BCE, as evidenced by radiocarbon dating. Upon its description in 1895 by French naturalist Henri Filhol, Plesiorycteropus was classified with the aardvark, but more recent studies have found little evidence for that …

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