Talk:Amami rabbit

Pentalagus
What does the -lagus suffix mean in Greek?? (I know penta- means 5, so this must mean 5 of something.) Georgia guy 00:21, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * It means "Rabbit", not sure why there would be five of them... Kappa 09:47, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * It could simply be that the author of Pentalagus wasn't feeling very creative and it was the fifth -lagus he named, or the fifth new species for him that year, etc. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:08, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Seeing as and  are still active Wikipedians 15 years later, I thought you might find it interesting to know that, while Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. did not explicitly state this was the etymology of the genus, he did repeatedly make the point that Pentalagus was the only known genus of Leporidae (as of 1904) to have only five molars on each side (original paper).--Leptictidium (mt) 15:03, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, active-ish. I come here from time to time when someone writes on my talk page. :D My comment above my have been off the cuff flippant... I probably had just read some list of humorous scientific names. :) Amami rabbit's genus may not be one of them. Too bad. I liked my humor. :D - UtherSRG (talk) 04:32, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Plant species
(Japanese) pampas grass means Miscanthus sinensis and pasania tree means Lithocarpus? I need to know that because I want to translate this article. Also, it can be mentioned the head-body length and the gestation period (per Amami rabbit; page 948). -- NGC 54  ( talk   |  contribs  ) 12:36, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * "having one or two young each time". But the source says "a single kitten bred at a time". -- NGC 54  ( talk   |  contribs  ) 12:58, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

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