Saturday 8 November 2014

Rabbit-proof hoof: Ungulates suppressed lagomorph evolution

Date:
November 6, 2014

Source:
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Summary:
Rodents and rabbits are sister groups, but while rodents have diversified to over 2,000 living species and an enormous range of body sizes, lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, and pikas) are limited to fewer than 100 relatively small species. A new study shows, surprisingly, that competition with ungulates -- hoofed mammals -- intensified by climate change, are to blame for the lagomorphs' limited diversity


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