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1. nurnord says:

   August 20, 2012 at 10:11 am

   There is no animal that shares the same niche with any other, be they coexisting or on opposite sides of the planet. Many animals have similar ways of life; diet, habitat, nesting, reproduction, behaviour etc., but never the same niche. A niche is a combination of all of the examples of ways of life I gave, and more. I don’t know of a single example of 2 animals sharing the same niche, it just does not happen.
   EDIT
   Yes, there are many animals with similar niches…
   Tapir – pygmy hippo
   Bushbaby/galago – slow loris
   Civet – badger
   Elephant shrew – vole
   Tree shrew – Philippine Forest Rat
   Flying lemur – sugar glider
   Hippo – capybara
   Possums – greater glider

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