World’s tiniest rabbit is found in — and named for — Idaho. Activists are suing over it
The species’ scientific name, Brachylagus idahoensis, is a nod to its documentation in Central Idaho in the 1800s. The ...
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The Citrus Family Tree
MONICA SERRANO, NGM STAFF. SOURCE: DAVID KARP, University of California, Riverside No other fruit genus can boast such pedigree, and new research is bringing clarity to the origin of citrus.
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect World’s Smallest Rabbit in Eight Western States
Pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) depend on the sagebrush sea habitat to protect them from predators and for the majority of their diet. The rabbits are found in parts of Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, ...
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Petition Seeks to Protect Pygmy Rabbits Under Endangered Species Act
The rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) depend on the sagebrush steppe ecosystems of the Sagebrush Sea for their survival and are at risk of extinction because of habitat loss and disease. They’ve lost ...
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Hominin Taxonomy and Phylogeny: What's In A Name?
Referring again to Figure 5, the ellipses have been drawn so as to encompass ongoing taxonomic and phylogenetic debates relevant to each genus. As an heuristic device, then, the regions where ...
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The origin of our species
Scientists think that some form of australopithecine is likely to have given rise to the next phase of human evolution, the genus Homo. There have been many species similar to us that have lived over ...
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Linnaean system of classification
It is much smaller than the American robin, Turdus migratorius, which belongs to a different genus. The grouping of families was added to allow the large number of new species to be included in ...