Biology:Prolagus osmolskae
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Short description: Extinct species of mammal
| Prolagus osmolskae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Ochotonidae |
| Genus: | †Prolagus |
| Species: | †P. osmolskae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Prolagus osmolskae Fostowicz-Frelik, 2010
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Prolagus osmolskae is an extinct species in the genus Prolagus. It may have resembled a pika.
Range
This species was the northernmost record of Prolagus. Unlike other members of its genus, Prolagus osmolskae did not live near the Mediterranean Sea. Instead, this species lived in Poland .
Nomenclature
This species was named in honour of Professor Halszka Osmólska.[1]
References
- ↑ Fostowicz-Frelik, Łucja (2010). "A new species of Pliocene Prolagus (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) from Poland is the northernmost record of the genus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (2): 609–612. doi:10.1080/02724631003621789.
Wikidata ☰ Q18344921 entry
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