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    A certain company logically enough granted funds to study rabbits. A new subspecies was discovered in the Florida Keys. What was it named?

    Question #119364. Asked by queproblema. (Dec 15 10 10:21 PM)


    Windswept

    		Yes, this is the Lower Keys March Rabbit which was recognized as such in 1990. Its full name is Sylvilagus palustris hefneri. As you might see, the technical name is derived from Hugh Hefner.

    http://greenanswers.com/q/147377/animals-wildlife/facts-figures/are-there-any-species-named-after-famous-people


    Dec 15 10, 10:29 PM
    queproblema

    		Wow, that was quick! Exactly.

    Playboy Enterprises funded the study.

    http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-05-21/news/0705210511_1_hugh-hefner-rabbits-florida-keys

    Scientifically:
    "Dorsal pelage brownish; ventral pelage gray, not contrasting with color on underside of tail; molariform tooth row short,. . .less than 80 percent of dentary symphysis; frontonasal region convex..."
    http://www.jstor.org/pss/1381196

    Dec 15 10, 10:43 PM

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