Talk:Archaeoindris

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[edit] Largest native mammal to have evolved on Madagascar

Someone has added that Archaeonidris was "the largest native mammal to have evolved on Madagascar". Is this true? David Sher (talk) 18:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I simply took this information from the Malagasy fauna page. That's a reasonably well-referenced page, although that specific piece of information has no footnote attached. The only plausible alternate contender are the (also extinct) Malagasy Hippopotamuses. - Atarr (talk) 19:26, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
And now that I look at it further, it seems likely that the Hippopotomuses were larger. I think this was just someone adding in misinformation. Sorry for spreading it. I'll revise it to largest primate. - Atarr (talk) 05:19, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I think it was the largest primate that ever existed. I will revise the wording. David Sher 03:15, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure that would be gigantopithecus, so no. - Atarr (talk) 17:21, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I think the size of gigantopithecus is debated - if it was only six feet tall, it would not be larger than archaeoindris. Also, archeoindris was a primitive primate, related to lemurs. I'm not sure if your wording is better. David Sher (talk) 21:52, 9 December 2007 (UTC)