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Morphological Convergence in Fossorial Mammals Across Continents

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The golden mole (Africa), the true mole (Europe/North America), and the marsupial mole (Australia) share nearly identical body shapes—cylindrical, eyeless, with powerful digging claws—yet they evolved separately on different continents for over 100 million years.

Why this is interesting

What do a mole in Europe, a mole-rat in Africa, and a marsupial mole in Australia have in common? They look almost alike—yet their last common ancestor lived over 160 million years ago.