Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/29

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Rodents
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Dec 29 16:54:12 2008
References: <C57ED96A.47454%mark@rabinergroup.com>

On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> "The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha,  
> of which
> there are two families, the Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and the
> Ochotonidae (pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Greek  
> lagos
> (?????) hare and morph? (?????) form.
> Though these mammals can resemble rodents (order Rodentia), and were
> classified as a superfamily in that order until the early twentieth  
> century,
> they have since been considered a separate order."
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagomorpha
>
> As that did not show up on my list I had the gnawing thought


hmmmm...


> that you'd be
> wrong and looked it up.
>
> They used to think Bunnies where rodents.
> Some of the bunnies themselves I hear always were for quite a while
> confused.
>
> I think the bunnies and the chipmunks go to the same bars.


bunnies and hares...  lagomorphs all...and not just that, they  
occasionally/rarely  carry rabies.

Watch where you hang out...


Steve


>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>> From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:19:44 -0500
>> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Cc: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>
>> Subject: [Leica] Re: Rodents
>>
>>
>> On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:58 PM, Seth wrote:
>>
>>> squirrels? SQUIRRELS??? but they're rodents, f'r heav'n sake!
>>>
>>> did a bloody rodent ever sit in your lap? - or lick your hand?
>>> without you
>>> worrying about rabies?
>>
>> So are lovely silken soft floppy eared bunnies. What would Easter be
>> without a spokes rodent? Anyway, they all taste like chicken.
>>
>> Larry Z
>>
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thanks,  Steve










In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Re: Rodents)