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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...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 a watchful eye out for falanx, Amphimorphodus cynomorphus: dog-size predators likely to evolve as today...

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

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