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Title: Leptictidium
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Leptictidium
By Kristen
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What Did It Look Like?
- Big back legs helped him to hop
- Short arms helped him catch his prey
- Ears helped him hear enemies
- Eyes helped him spot his prey
- Long nose helped to find food
- No hair on its tail
- About the size of a cat
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SIZE 35 inches long, including the tail
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What Did It Eat?
- Lived on forest floor
- Fast moving
- Ate
- Small lizards and other reptiles
- Small mammals
- Insects like the grasshopper
- Frogs
- Plants and seeds
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LEP-TIK-TID-EE-UM
- LIVED 5040 million years ago
- MEANING Delicate weasel
- CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE Bat, but not directly
related
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Where Did It Live?
- Europe
- North
- America
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What Were Its Enemies?
- Predators like the Ambulocetus and the large
flightless bird, Gastornis - Nested on the ground so
- young had to grow up
- fast for safety
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