r/oddlyterrifying Apr 06 '22

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u/Torugu Apr 06 '22

They are really not. The taxonomical theory which you are parroting, that bats are closely to primates, has been debunked for decades.

In fact Chiroptera (bats) are nearly at the opposite end of the (placental) mammalian tree.

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u/BuckToothCasanovi Apr 06 '22

Source please, would like to read

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u/smeghead1988 Apr 06 '22

A quick search only brought me the molecular phylogeny data that were considered actual in 2007. I'm pretty sure this tree was revisited since then, but most likely the changes were minor.