What type of animal are they?

[Chii of Hearts]

I mean hamsters are called rodents, cats are felines and dogs are canines, so what are rabbits? o.o

 

[CorkysMom]

Lagamourphs (sp?)

 

[brimmhere]

lagomorpha hehehe :sunshine:

 

[Shuu]

Lagomorph.

 

[brimmhere]

:laughne of us will get the spelling right

 

[Chii of Hearts]

:bunnydance::laugh:My friend told me once but all I could remember was the word morph. What other animals are lagamourphs?

 

[brimmhere]

the lagomorph family includes hares, rabbits and pikas:bunnydance:

this is a pika :wink:

 

[Shuu]

Right you are, Kim.

From dictionary.com

lag·o·morph
n. Any of various plant-eating mammals having fully furred feetand two pairs of upper incisors and belonging to the order Lagomorpha,which includes the rabbits, hares, and pikas.

 

[brimmhere]

Shuu wrote:

Right you are, Kim.

From dictionary.com

lag·o·morph
n. Any of various plant-eating mammals having fully furred feetand two pairs of upper incisors and belonging to the order Lagomorpha,which includes the rabbits, hares, and pikas.

:great:we are such a good team!

 

[Chii of Hearts]

Yay!!

Picas are soooo cute!!! :love:

 

[Maureen Las]

Closer in nature to hooved animals like deer and horses than rodents

 

[Garden Flowers Rabbitry]

oh the pikas are sooo cute!!! Do you have one as a pet or are they an animal that is not seen as being pets?

connie

 

[Spring]

I don't think you can have them as pets. I'm not sure where they originated/lived?

Hmm maybe something to look up on!

 

[brimmhere]

http://www.pikaworks.com/pikas/



this is all about pikas!

 

[juicyjuicee]

Brimmhere, when i see that you have posted something i always looks at your avatar b/c i think its soo cute lol.

 

[brimmhere]

thnx!!! i love that pic of keely

 

[nose_twitch]

Wow, I'd never heard of a pika. How cool. Learn something new every day from this forum!

 

[gentle giants]

I've seen pikas on nature shows before, they arereally cute, but they make this incredible high pitched sound, if I amremembering right... Oh, well!

 

[ChinaBun]

Yahoo News had this article on pikas:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=570&e=3&u=/nm/20051230/sc_nm/science_pika_dc_2

From Nancy in China, where it is now 2006!