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Word: lagomorphs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world's woodlands in his search for fuel and farm land and will drive into extinction the deer and other browsing ungulates that now inhabit forests. But the superprolific rabbit will exploit this newly opened niche by evolving into a deer-size species that combines the lagomorph's gnawing teeth with the long, hoofed legs of the ungulates to form a new genus, Ungulagus. These super-rabbits will not have to worry about the wolves, foxes and feline carnivores that attack deer today; such predators will vanish with their present prey. But they may have to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Once and Future Zoo | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

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