Sentences with phrase «dwarf species»

For a survey of dwarf species on the Mediterranean islands, see Paul Sondaar, «The island sweepstakes,» Natural History 95 (9): 50 - 57 (September 1986).

Hamsters, on the other hand, tend to do best housed alone, although some of the dwarf species are more social.

For all intents and purposes, the dwarf species, Egyptian tortoise, is not under consideration as a pet store possibility.

Syrians have been available as pets for many more years than any of the dwarf species.

Both of these dwarf species therefore have a much shorter life span than other types of hamster.

Campbell's are generally the largest of the dwarf hamsters, averaging 3 to 4 inches in length, and come in the largest variety of coat colors and patters compared to the other dwarf species.

Learn about this dwarf species» temperament, health, caging and coat colors.

The Campbell's, one of the four dwarf species, is the most widely available of the dwarf hamsters in North America.

Differences exist even between the dwarfs, so do your research to decide which dwarf species you would like to own.

Do take note that dwarf species of hamsters are very particular about this.

The satin mutation has not yet been found in the other dwarf species, but the satin mutation does exist in the Syrians.

They can live in closely monitored pairs or small groups, but the balance of dominance is delicate, and separations are more common than with the dwarf species.

Keep the cage and bedding clean, avoid waking the hamster during the day, cage Syrian hamsters or dwarf species that fight with each other separately, provide a running wheel, tunnels and chew toys, place the cage in an area where it's not exposed to drafts or high temperatures, and provide plenty of food and nesting material for a mother with babies.

All dwarf species and the Chinese hamster do best in pairs, with groups being second best and solitary being the worst.

These fruits and vegetables are high in sugar and can contribute to the development of diabetes, which is common in the dwarf species.

The Roborovski dwarf hamsters (Phodopus roborovskii) are the smallest of the dwarf species at 1.5 to 2 inches in length.

The larger Syrian hamster makes a better pet for children than the dwarf species because its size makes it easier for children to handle.

However, its brain and teeth are proportionally much smaller than in typical dwarf species, which others say indicates the hobbit is merely an unusual form of our species.

The evolution of a dwarf species usually involves shortening the length of pregnancy or infancy, but recently it has been suggested that there might be a more unusual route: pregnancy length stays the same but the growth of the fetus slows down.

They too have previously been put forward as a dwarf species but, again, have unusually small teeth.

«The hobbit's teeth are much smaller than in most dwarf species.

So, given three possible explanations for what the Flores hominid is, and those three possibilities are that, you know, a dwarfed species descended from Homo erectus or an Australopithecine or a microcephalic modern human, he says that the most parsimonious diagnosis is the one that requires the fewest assumptions — would be microcephaly.

Not exact matches

Habitat's resident Nigerian Dwarf goats provide ecological care by clearing several acres of meadow land each year, reducing carbon emissions and removing invasive species.

Human beings, too, can be dwarfed into miniatures of their innate potential by doing all kinds of technical things to them as infants and limiting the supply of their species» specific needs.

Given the recent discovery in Flores of a dwarf hominid species related to Homo erectus, it is possible that H. erectus made it to more places than we have evidence for.

In the new study, pollen grains of a modern dwarf pine species, considered an analog for the ancient species, were similarly malformed under high levels of ultraviolet - B radiation (bottom row).

However, the dwarfing of animal species in the oceans in particular can be quite clearly attributed to climate change.

Two related species, Jog's night frog and Rao's dwarf wrinkled frog, share the area.

Living shark species range from a few that could fit in your hand, such as the dwarf lanternshark, to a few you could fit inside, including the whale shark, which grows up to 40 feet long.

There are dwarf sturgeon the size of a bass and several other species that are nearly as big as a Volkswagen.»

Also surprising was the discovery that males of the new species consume bone on their own, something their dwarf relatives don't ever do.

Taxonomists had long divided moas into two types, one of which, Dinornis, included three species: a 5 - foot - tall bird, a 3 - foot dwarf, and a 10 - foot - tall, 550 - pound «supermoa.»

A new species of dwarf people?

Based on fieldwork and laboratory analyses, they now identified a previously unknown species of dwarf lemur.

Only now it was possible to ascertain that the Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur is a distinct species.

The comparison showed that the species diversity of dwarf lemurs is greater than previously thought.»

The most heat - tolerant species in the areas surveyed was dwarf swan - neck moss, which lives in soil where temperatures hit 72 °C.

When it comes to eating hard - shelled bugs, the wildly varied species in the Bradypodion genus of dwarf chameleons have evolved an incredible array of a special part for doing the work: their heads.

Although African maize is infected by several virus species from at least six different families, there are two that stand out as the greatest threat to African food security: these are Maize streak virus [MSV]; family Geminiviridae, a virus species with an extremely small single - stranded DNA genome that was first discovered infecting African maize over a century ago; and Maize rough dwarf virus [MRDV], family Reoviridae, a virus species with a complex double - stranded RNA genome that until recently was thought to occur only in Europe and Asia.

A breed of dwarf mouse that entirely lacks growth hormone is the present winner of the Mprize for longevity, living 60 - 70 % longer than the compeition's standard laboratory mouse species.

Sokolov's dwarf hamster (Cricetulus sokolovi) is the least studied representative of the striped hamsters (Cricetulus barabensis species group), the taxonomy of which remains controversial.

It is also essential to determine which effects were temporary (dwarfing in mammals and insects, and the Apectodinium range expansion, among others) and which left a permanent signature on life (benthic marine extinctions and the evolution of new plant species in the tropics).

So, we've got men, dwarves, and elves all circling each other while an army of evil Orcs are heading in their general direction, leaving us wondering whether the different species will put aside their differences in the cause of the common good.

Even most dwarf hamsters seem to be happiest in a same - sex pair, or, for some species, in a small group.

Syrian Hamsters are the largest and best - known of the domesticated hamsters and differ from dwarf hamster species in that they must be housed alone.

Other common hamster species include Roborovski dwarf hamsters (Phodopus roborovskii); Campbell's dwarf hamsters (Phodopus campbelli); Winter White dwarf hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) and Chinese hamsters (Cricetulus griseus).

Roborovski dwarf hamsters (sometimes called Robo hamsters) are a social species best kept in same - sex pairs or small groups reared together from a young age.

«Teddy Bear» is a marketing term for a longhaired Syrian hamster, and so I'll address my answer to that species specifically, and also mention a few variables that apply to dwarf diets.

The two species of Russian dwarf hamsters include the Campbell's (Phodopus campbelli) and the Winter White (Phodopus sungorus).

© Courtesy of Martha Boden Bar - biting is a common activity for any hamster species, whether Syrian or dwarf (as shown in the photo).