Sentences with word «lagomorph»

The mammal that was unearthed is the northern — most Eurasian specimen of the Amphilagus genus - a large lagomorph with primitive features.

Too bad one of those little lagomorphs didn't put on a mask, load some silver bullets in a bunny - sized six - gun, and hijack the film.

I learned and am still learning about the wide range of lagomorph temperaments.

Topher One would think that an almighty all - knowing God would actually know that lagomorphs only appear to chew their cud.

«Other cranial features — such as those related to this carnivore's diet — are proof that the Iberian lynx hunted small - sized prey such as lagomorphs and rodents which had a great presence during that time period,» the researcher states.

She broadens out to cover lagomorphs around the world, including both hare species (brown and mountain) and their many subspecies, as well as rabbits and the ultra-cute pika.

According to the authors of the study, all European lagomorphs whose teeth had roots are considered part of the Amphilagus genus, thus making it necessary to re-evaluate this genus.

Its teeth have roots and do not continuously grow as do the teeth of present - day lagomorphs, an animal order that includes the families of rabbits, hares and pikas.

It's dignified and poignant, as well as sad, with a gentle humor befitting gentle lagomorphs.

The python understandably interpreted the visual signals — opening cage, movement outside and the lovely odors of bunny — to mean that he was about to receive the world's largest lagomorph lunch, and acted appropriately.

Sometimes, guinea pigs, chinchillas and rabbits (although rabbits are technically lagomorphs, not rodents, they do have teeth that grow continuously) suffer from overgrown molars or back teeth, which make eating challenging or even painful.

A lounging lagomorph (a.k.a rabbit) is a sight to behold.

For your real - life lagomorph, fresh vegetables are just as important.

While cute and cuddly, the little lagomorphs breed, well, like rabbits.

Here's one way to look at the rabbit challenge: If the campus invaders in Victoria were rodents instead of lagomorphs, would there still be some people insisting on a nonlethal response?

For instance, from Encyclopedia Brittanica... «Some lagomorphs (rabbits and hares) are capable of re-ingesting moist and nutritionally rich fecal pellets, a practice considered comparable to cud - chewing in ruminants...»

In contrast, many other animal groups, especially herbivores such as ungulates (hooved animals, including cows, sheep and deer) and lagomorphs (rabbits, for example), have eyes pointing sideways.

Rodents (squirrels, mice, gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, chipmunks, muskrats, beavers, etc.), lagomorphs (rabbits and hare), marsupials (including the American opossum), and primates (other than humans) are more resistant to rabies than other mammals.

Taenia species of tapeworms have a life cycle that involves an intermediate host but it tends to be a small rodent (T. taenaeformis) or lagomorph (rabbit, T. pisiformis).

Rabbits, on the other hand, are strict herbivores — and, even more limiting, they are lagomorphs.

Rabbits belong to a group of animals called the lagomorphs, which includes both the domesticated and wild rabbits.

As such, the rabbit's dental formula (how many teeth they have and how they're arranged) is unique to the lagomorphs.

An appendage on the intestine called the cecum is very large in rabbits, guinea pigs and other grass - eating rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits).

There is much research being performed regarding this organism (or lack thereof) in the colon of humans that will prove to be applicable in other species, such as felines, lagomorphs and rodents.

They are not rodents, they are lagomorphs.