10 Long-nosed Mammal (Other than elephants)

Northern Elephant Seal


photo credit:Male Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) by Franco Folini

Scientific name
Mirounga angustirostris
Taxonomy
Family:Phocidae
Genus:Mirounga
Range
West Coast of North America

Malayan tapir


photo credit:Malayan Tapir standing by Jeffery J. Nichols 80x15

Scientific name
Tapirus indicus
Taxonomy
Family:Tapiridae
Genus:Tapirus
Range
Malay Peninsula,Sumatra
Lowland streaked tenrec


photo credit:Lowland Streaked Tenrec, Mantadia, Madagascar by Frank Vassen

Scientific name
Hemicentetes semispinosus
Taxonomy
Family:Tenrecidae
Genus:Hemicentetes
Range
Madagascar
Saiga


photo credit:Saiga tartarica by Navinder Singh

Scientific name
Saiga tatarica
Taxonomy
Family:Bovidae
Genus:Saiga
Range
Mongolia to Kazakhstan
Aardvark


photo credit:Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) at Chester Zoo 80x15

Scientific name
Orycteropus afer
Taxonomy
Family:Orycteropodidae
Genus:Orycteropus
Range
Central South Africa
South American coati


photo credit:South American Coati (Nasua nasua) crossing the road by Bernard DUPONT 80x15

Scientific name
Nasua nasua
Taxonomy
Family:Procyonidae
Genus:Nasua
Range
Central-Northern South America
Giant anteater


photo credit:Short-beaked echidna in ANBG by Gunjan Pandey 80x15

Scientific name
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Taxonomy
Family:Myrmecophagidae
Genus:Myrmecophaga
Range
Central and South America
Short-beaked echidna


photo credit:Checkered elephant shrew at Prague Zoo by Elias Neideck 80x15

Scientific name
Tachyglossus aculeatus
Taxonomy
Family:Tachyglossidae
Genus:Tachyglossus
Range
Australia,Papua New Guinea
Checkered Elephant Shrew

Scientific name
Rhynchocyon cirnei
Taxonomy
Family:Macroscelididae
Genus:Rhynchocyon
Range
Midwest Africa
Proboscis monkey

Scientific name
Nasalis larvatus
Taxonomy
Family:Cercopithecidae
Genus:Nasalis
Range
Borneo

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