Whales may have descended from small deer-like critter

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• Odd raccoon-sized animal may be missing link between whales and land animals
  
• The creature is called Indohyus, lived 48 millions years ago
  
• Indohyus fossils were unearthed from mudstone in the Kashmir region of India
  
• The hippo has long been the leading candidate for the closest land relative to whales
  
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