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A compilation of creatures that might exist in the far future in the region that surrounds my own country, Portugal, 40 million years in the future, a time where the old borders are now unrecognizable. The motion of Africa against Europe, closed the Mediterranean sea, promoting the formation of mountain regions and the formation of dry steppes, deserts, savannas and plateaus, forming a unique biodiversity, however, not as severely unique as other surrounding regions. The changing days that followed the Holocene extinction event were followed by weird evolutionary pathways to produce a world no longer simillar to nowadays.

1. Terratherium iberica is a 10 cm long descendant of the modern american shrew mole. The opening of the Bering strait, allowed the transfer of various american creatures into Afroeurasia, and one of those were the shrew moles which laid their descendance in this new continent. In the temperate northern forests, remnants of the northern temperate forest inhabitants exist, such as this small forest dweller, searching for food under the forest litter and moss.

2. Formiciphagus europaeus is a descendant of the southern tamandua. Tamanduas have migrated to the northern regions of North America and have adapted to a life on the boreal forests. Many species have perfected their diet in the colder environments, feeding on very small berries, honey, sap, ants, etc. They eventually spreaded from the Bering strait to Afroeurasia. Formiciphagus is a small 70 cm long anteater. It only has one claw in its front arms, and climbs trees in search of colonies of ants and other insects that might be hidden under the bark, to which they locate them by scent.

3. Fugiomys rursodactylus is a descendant of the woodland dormouse. It measures 50 cm long, including the tail, and it is a glider. Evolved a shape simillar to that of a flying squirrel, to glide through the trees of the northern portuguese forests at night.

4. Cetornis longicollum is a descendant of the american flamingo. It has lost its abbility of flight and is a fully marine bird, spending its time floating in the surface and diving in search of krill, plankton and very small fish it can feast on. Its bill has evolved a simillar shape to that of the bowhead whales. It moves underwater thanks to its long legs, moving in a not too different way from modern grebes and loons underwater. They go to the coasts to lay their eggs in large coastal colonies, but prefer doing so in secluded nearby islands, where land-based predators can't bother them.

Description
A compilation of creatures that might exist in the far future in the region that surrounds my own country, Portugal, 40 million years in the future, a time where the old borders are now unrecognizable. The motion of Africa against Europe, closed the Mediterranean sea, promoting the formation of mountain regions and the formation of dry steppes, deserts, savannas and plateaus, forming a unique biodiversity, however, not as severely unique as other surrounding regions. The changing days that followed the Holocene extinction event were followed by weird evolutionary pathways to produce a world no longer simillar to nowadays.

1. Terratherium iberica is a 10 cm long descendant of the modern american shrew mole. The opening of the Bering strait, allowed the transfer of various american creatures into Afroeurasia, and one of those were the shrew moles which laid their descendance in this new continent. In the temperate northern forests, remnants of the northern temperate forest inhabitants exist, such as this small forest dweller, searching for food under the forest litter and moss.

2. Formiciphagus europaeus is a descendant of the southern tamandua. Tamanduas have migrated to the northern regions of North America and have adapted to a life on the boreal forests. Many species have perfected their diet in the colder environments, feeding on very small berries, honey, sap, ants, etc. They eventually spreaded from the Bering strait to Afroeurasia. Formiciphagus is a small 70 cm long anteater. It only has one claw in its front arms, and climbs trees in search of colonies of ants and other insects that might be hidden under the bark, to which they locate them by scent.

3. Fugiomys rursodactylus is a descendant of the woodland dormouse. It measures 50 cm long, including the tail, and it is a glider. Evolved a shape simillar to that of a flying squirrel, to glide through the trees of the northern portuguese forests at night.

4. Cetornis longicollum is a descendant of the american flamingo. It has lost its abbility of flight and is a fully marine bird, spending its time floating in the surface and diving in search of krill, plankton and very small fish it can feast on. Its bill has evolved a simillar shape to that of the bowhead whales. It moves underwater thanks to its long legs, moving in a not too different way from modern grebes and loons underwater. They go to the coasts to lay their eggs in large coastal colonies, but prefer doing so in secluded nearby islands, where land-based predators can't bother them.