Strong animals that still survive are called relicy animal.
Several relicy animals are as follows :
> Scleropages fish : a line of pocket fish that first lived in the world , found in Sumatera, Bangka, Kalimantan, and Papua.
> Heterobranchus tapei nopteru fish : a kind of primitive that is only found in Kalimantan, Bangka and Africa.
> Corateus fish : a kind of fish that breaths by lung, only found in Papua.
> Tarsius : live since tertiary era, the anatomy of its body is similar to an ape and human, found in Sulawesi.
> Lemur : a kind of animal that is half ape.
> Deer-hog : a kind of pig with fang penetrating the upper part of lip, found in Sulawesi.
> Anoa : a kind of buffalo found in Sulawesi.
> Cassowary bird : a kind of very tall bird, but cannot fly, found in Papua and Seram.
> Megapodeus bird : does not brood, but the eggs kept in sand or rotten leaves, then crack by themselves found in Wallace region and North Kalimantan.
> Cuscus : animal like an ape but has pouch, found in Sulawesi, Maluku, Timor, Sangihe and Talaud.
> Comodo : a kind of giant reptile, its length is until 4 m, found in Komodo Island.
> One horned rhinoceros is found in Ujung Kulon.
Sep 17, 2010
Relicy Animal
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