Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Edward - I think you might find that lepidoptera are moths and butterflies :-) Or am I just rabbiting on and splitting hares, or perhaps I just have a bad hare day. Like the girl who had a pet rabbit and kept telling her suitors she couldn't go out on a date because she was washing her hare that evening. BTW: A budding lepidopterist was once overheard in a bookshop ordering the book "Advice for Young Mothers". ;-) The book was out of print, so he decided to burrow one about rabbits and hares - but, when he got it home he had to leveret out of the box and, to his horror, it was volume 3 and all about badgers. It turned out to be one of a sett. Cheers Douglas Edward J Caliguri wrote: > Well, From my Veterinary school days, I can surely say that Rabbits are > NOT rodents. They belong to the order lepidopterae (or Leporidae), while > rats and mice belong to the order Rodentia, as do chipmunks, prarie dogs > and other 'cutsie' rodents - (and 'flying squirrels'-cute little buggers > !) > > > > Rabbits belong to Phylum Chortidae, F amily Leporidae - with O ld and N ew > W orld subtypes. After that - you need a Rabbit expert; of which I know > there are many. > > > > The brain chemistry of each species is vey unique; for example anesthetic > response for a rat vs. a rabbit is quite different. > > > > My 2 cents! > > > > Edward > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >