Plesiorycteropus
Plesiorycteropus is a recently extinct eutherian mammalian genus from Madagascar. Upon its description in 1895, it was classified with the aardvark, but more recent molecular evidence suggests that it is most closely related to the tenrecs. Two species are currently recognized, the larger P.madagascariensis and the smaller P.germainepetterae. When and why it became extinct remains unknown.
