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NEXT UP: #7 Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra) vs. #10 Red-necked Pademelon (Thylogale thetis)!!!! #2021MMM 
Red Ruffed Lemur live in the tropical forests of the Masoala Peninsula in Madagascar. Named for their rust red coat & ruff of rust red hair, this lemur is 110 cm long & weights about 3.5 kgs (or, stoatistically speaking, it is 1.76 stoats long!) #2021MMM
Red Ruffed Lemur are active during the day and eat mainly fruit, but also dabble in flowers & young leaves. Like other fruit-eaters, they play a critical role in seed dispersal in the forest (Vasey, 2005) #2021MMM researchgate.net/publication/78…
And LAST but not LEAST of the #EliteTrait, we have #1 seeded Doedicurus clavicaudatus vs. #2 Amebelodon fricki!!! #2018MMM
Tonight's battle is a 3-way collaboration by me, @PKurnath & @tinkeringprim8, so hold on to your tush! #TeamAwesome #TeamDiscoveryChannel #2018MMM
Doedicurus a.k.a. #TankMammal has taken out the Jugulator, Thalassocnus catans, and Andrewsarchus mongoliensis, while Amebelodon a.k.a. "shovel-tusker" has defeated Deinogalerix koenigswald, Homo floresensis, and Dimetrodon limbatus #winning #taxonomicmouthful #2018MMM
NEXT UP: #5 seed Water deer ((Hydropotes inermis) vs. #12 seed solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) #2018MMM
The Water Deer ranges from China to Korea, but has been imported to the UK and other parts of the world. The name refers to its preference for coastal plains, marshy areas, & riparian regions (map from: #SATword #2018MMM
Unlike many other deer they don't have antlers, their GREAT ADAPTATION are *mostly* in their mouth: The upper canines are "saber-like," which makes it look like something out of Bunnicula (Deernicula?) #2018MMM
