Thursday, October 13, 2016

Check out our latest story! Lagomorphs Bring International Visitors to San Luis Nat'l Wildlife Refuge


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San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Brush Rabbits
Attract Experts From Across the Globe

Brush rabbits appear near sunset on San Luis National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is the site of a propagation and reintroduction project for North America's most endangered lagomorph. Credit: Lee Eastman/USFWS

Brush rabbits appear near sunset on San Luis National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is the site of a
propagation and reintroduction project for North America's most endangered lagomorph.
Credit: Lee Eastman/USFWS


By Madeline Yancey

October 13, 2016

More than 70 lagomorph scientists from 23 countries recently converged on the town of Turlock, in the middle of California's Great Central Valley, for the 5th World Lagomorph Conference at the campus of California State University, Stanislaus.

What is a lagomorph? And why would the world's lagomorph experts assemble — in Turlock?

A lagomorph is a species of rabbit, hare or pika. Scientifically, it's in the order Lagomorpha – and it turns out that California has more than nine percent of the world's lagomorph species; nine species in all – eight hares and rabbits, and one pika.

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