Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's kind of funny. Just think, someone spent the price of a very nice M and R outfit, just to 'prove' (what ever that means) that Rabbits had the same DNA as Rats? Wow! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Dante Stella Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 12:48 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: rabbits are not rodents (was: Re: [Leica] How can I stop my rabbit from chewing on the cables) Pardon my impertinence, but the status of rabbits as related to rodents was revisited in the past 10 years with DNA testing. I think it was in Science. At any rate DNA makes them rodents, even if taxonomy doesn't. Cheers - ------------ Dante Stella On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Austin Franklin wrote: > > > For future reference, rabbits are not rodents. They belong to a different > family, the > Lagomorphs. Lagomorphs have a double set of incisors, the > second set behind the first. > > So, the only thing separating Rabbits from Rats are their teeth? > >