Pigme tavşan

Pigme tavşan
Korunma durumu
	; Asgari endişe altında (IUCN 2.3)
Bilimsel sınıflandırma
Âlem:	Animalia;
Şube:	Chordata;
Alt şube:	Vertebrata;
İnfa şube:	Gnathostomata;
Sınıf:	Mammalia;
Takım:	Lagomorpha;
Familya:	Leporidae;
Cins:	Brachylagus;
Tür:	B. idahoensis;
İkili adlandırma
	Brachylagus idahoensis; Merriam, 1891
	; pigme tavşan bölgeleri; (mavi - doğal, pembe - yeniden kazandırılan)

Pigme tavşan veya Cüce tavşan (Brachylagus idahoensis), Kuzey Amerika kıtasında yaşayan nadir bir tavşan türüdür.

Özellikleri

Yetişkinleri 23.5-29.5 cm uzunluğunda ve 375-500 gram ağırlında olan pigme tavşan, dünyanın en küçük tavşan türüdür.[1][2][3][4] Daha çok yavşan denen çalılarla beslenirler.

Doğadaki başlıca düşmanları Uzun kuyruklu gelinciklerdir. Gelincikleri, Kır kurdu ve Kızıl tilki izler.[5][6][7]

Yaşam alanları

Yalnız Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'ne endemik olan bir tavşan türüdür. ABD'nin Nevada, Oregon, Montana, Washington, Utah, Wyoming ve Kaliforniya eyaletlerinde bulunur.

Kaynakça

George Gilbert Goodwin, Frederick Drimmer (1954). The Animal kingdom: the strange and wonderful ways of mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, and insects; a new and authentic natural history of the wildlife of the world, Volume 1. Cornell University. s. 246.
George C. Goodwin (1962). Small mammals. Cornell University.
Sharon Sharth (1999). Rabbits. s. 12. ISBN 156766587X.
Meet the World's Smallest Rabbit, 14 Ekim 2009.
Green, Jeffrey S.; Flinders, Jerran T. 1980. Brachylagus idahoensis. Mammalian Species. 125: 1–4
Bradfield, Terry D. 1975. On the behavior and ecology of the pygmy rabbit. Pocatello, ID: Idaho State University. Thesis
Wilde, Douglas B.; Keller, Barry L. 1978. An analysis of pygmy rabbit populations on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory site. In: Markham, O. D., ed. Ecological studies on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory site. 1978 Progress Report IDO-12087. Idaho Falls, ID: U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Sciences Branch, Radiological and Environmental Sciences Lab: 305–316

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[1] George Gilbert Goodwin, Frederick Drimmer (1954). The Animal kingdom: the strange and wonderful ways of mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, and insects; a new and authentic natural history of the wildlife of the world, Volume 1. Cornell University. s. 246.

[2] George C. Goodwin (1962). Small mammals. Cornell University.

[3] Sharon Sharth (1999). Rabbits. s. 12. ISBN 156766587X.

[4] Meet the World's Smallest Rabbit, 14 Ekim 2009.

[5] Green, Jeffrey S.; Flinders, Jerran T. 1980. Brachylagus idahoensis. Mammalian Species. 125: 1–4

[6] Bradfield, Terry D. 1975. On the behavior and ecology of the pygmy rabbit. Pocatello, ID: Idaho State University. Thesis

[7] Wilde, Douglas B.; Keller, Barry L. 1978. An analysis of pygmy rabbit populations on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory site. In: Markham, O. D., ed. Ecological studies on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory site. 1978 Progress Report IDO-12087. Idaho Falls, ID: U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Sciences Branch, Radiological and Environmental Sciences Lab: 305–316