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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2005 19:24:19 GMT
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Post by Peter on Feb 17, 2005 9:05:59 GMT
Thank you very much Alex! I could only find pics of skeletons! Now I can draw/paint one myself in colour! I'm busy with a page on Recently Extinct European Animals, so try to have images of all (or almost all).  |
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Post by another specialist on May 6, 2005 3:21:55 GMT
a colour illustration can be found on page 108 of extinct species of the world - lessons for the future by jean christophe balouet.
Add many other illustration including many extinct european species.
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Post by Peter on May 6, 2005 13:52:19 GMT
Do you have the book? Do you recommend it?
....and if so, do you have a scanner? ;D
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Post by another specialist on May 6, 2005 14:02:41 GMT
The book has some errors and is a bit out of date now being out of print but some great illustrations and information within. Worth a look for sure.
Yes i have a scanner would you like me to send a pic? send me your e-mail and i'll do it right now for you.
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Post by Melanie on May 6, 2005 15:40:07 GMT
Here is some more about Prolagus sardus (aka Sardinian Pika)
Sardinian Pika (Prolagus sardus)
last observed ca. 1774 on Sardinia
island brush/meadow burrowing herbivore endemic to Sardinia
disappeared after devegetation for pasturage
References:
Nilsson, G. The Endangered Species Handbook QL82.N55 1983 ISBN 0-938-424-09-7 p.211
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Post by another specialist on May 6, 2005 15:44:46 GMT
plus a species once lived on neighbouring island of corsica - prolagus corsicanus
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Post by Peter on May 7, 2005 14:23:25 GMT
THey belong both to the same species. As far as I know.
Prolagus sardus (Wagner, 1829) - Sardinian Pika
Synonyms:
Lagomys sardus Wagner, 1829; Isis, Jena 22: 1136, TL: Sardinia
Lagomys fossilis Wagner, 1829; Isis, Jena 22: 1139
Lagomys corsicanus Wagner, 1829; Isis, Jena 22: 1139, TL: Corsica
More information:
The Sardinian Pika (Prolagus sardus) was a pika native to the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia and Corsica until its extinction in the late 1700s or early 1800s. It was described by early Sardinian authors as "a giant rabbit with no tail", and it is believed that the Nuragici, the ancient peoples of Sardinia, viewed them as a delicacy. The Sardinian Pika apparently survived until the 18th century on the island of Tavolara (north-eastern Sardinia) though it had become extinct long before on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia. (French name: Pika Sarde.)
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Post by another specialist on May 7, 2005 14:38:36 GMT
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Post by another specialist on May 7, 2005 14:41:14 GMT
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Post by another specialist on May 7, 2005 14:44:49 GMT
More information on prologus not just just own species envolved but many................
MESSINIAN PROLAGUS (LAGOMORPHA, MAMMALIA) OF ITALY
Chiara ANGELONE
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Largo San L. Murialdo, 1 – 00146 Roma, Italy
Since the Middle/Late Miocene boundary and during all Late Miocene, after a severe exctinction phenomenon (López Martínez, 2001), the distribution of the genus Prolagus in continental Europe consists in a succession of single species. During Messinian (corresponding to the second half of the Turolian Mammal Age and to the Late MN12- MN13 Units), Prolagus is quite widespread in continental Europe with a wellcharacterized species, P. michauxi. In Italy, Messinian Prolagus remains have been reported from the following fossiliferous sites: Brisighella (Emilia-Romagna, latest MN13), Prolagus cf. P. sorbinii (Masini, 1989); Monte Castellaro (Marche, MN13), Prolagus sorbinii (Masini, 1989); Ciabòt Cagna (Piedmont, MN13), Prolagus michauxi (Cavallo et al., 1996); Velona Basin (Tuscany, MN13), Prolagus ex gr. P. sorbinii-P. michauxi (Rook & Ghetti, 1997); Capo di Fiume (Abruzzi, earliest MN13), Prolagus cf. P. apricenicus (Mazza et al., 1995). To this list it should be added P. apricenicus and P. imperialis from the Gargano fossil archipelago (Apulia) (Mazza, 1987), related to the Middle Miocene species P. oeningensis. Their age attribution probably ranges between late MN13(?) and early MN14. Being P. sorbinii a species close to P. michauxi, italian Messinian Prolagus findings are ascribed or are closely related to P. michauxi or to P. oeningensis (P. apricenicus, P. imperialis and referable forms). Such systematic considerations give some palaeobiogeographical and temporal hints, confirmed by the faunal assemblages associated to Prolagus: - the above mentioned Italian fossiliferous sites belong to different palaeobioprovinces: a southern, insular domain (Abruzzi-Apulia PB) characterized by insular endemic species, and a northern domain (NI), representing a peripheral continental European appendix and populated by non-endemic faunal elements; - different faunal affinities for the palaeobioprovinces and consequently different “source areas”: a Balkan affinity for the Abruzzi-Apulia PB and a European affinity for the NI; - distinct ages and modalities of colonization. The age of Prolagus colonization of Gargano is uncertain, since P. oeningensis does not survive in central Europe longer than earliest MN9 but no data are available for the Balkan area; moreover the nature of the connection is not clear. On the other hand for NI, a continuous interchange with continental Europe should be invoked, probably with minor geographical filters.
References:
CAVALLO O. ET AL. (1996) – Riv. Piemontese St. Nat., 14: 3-22.
MASINI F. (1989) - Boll. Soc. Pal. It., 28: 295-306.
MAZZA P. (1987) - Boll. Soc. Pal. It., 26: 233-244.
MAZZA P. ET AL. (1995) – Boll. Soc. Pal. It., 34: 55-66.
LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ N. (2001) - Lynx, n.s., 32: 215-231.
ROOK L. & GHETTI P. (1997) – Boll. Soc. Geol. It., 116: 335-346.
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Post by another specialist on May 7, 2005 14:48:16 GMT
Tesakov A.S., Averianov A.O. 2002. Prolagus (Lagomorpha, Prolagidae) from the Pliocene of Moldova and Ukraine. Paleonotological Journal, 36, 1, 80-86.
Abstract. Two species of the genus Prolagus, P. sorbinii Masini (Early Ruscinian) and P. bilobus Heller (Late Ruscinian) are determined from the Pliocene of Ukraine and Moldova for the first time. Prolagus fossils from the Upper Ruscinian of Moldova and Ukraine, which were previously referred to as Prolagus cf. oeningensis, are assigned to P. bilobus. In Eastern Europe, P. sorbinii became extinct and P. bilobus widely distributed at the boundary between the Early and Late Ruscinian.
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Post by another specialist on May 7, 2005 14:55:03 GMT
The Sardinian Pika (Prolagus sardus) was a pika native to the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia and Corsica until its extinction in the late 1700s or early 1800s. It was described by early Sardinian authors as "a giant rabbit with no tail", and it is believed that the Nuragici, the ancient peoples of Sardinia, viewed them as a delicacy. It is the only animal classified in the genus Prolagus.
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Post by another specialist on May 22, 2005 17:47:13 GMT
To peter any chance you can upload that image i sent you?
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Post by Peter on May 23, 2005 12:48:21 GMT
 Only it was described by early Sardinian authors as "a giant rabbit with no tail"! So the tail in this image is wrong, or it has to be another Prolagus species (not Prolagus sardus). |
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Post by another specialist on May 23, 2005 12:49:49 GMT
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Post by another specialist on May 23, 2005 12:54:07 GMT
on the skeleton they have a tail or shall we say a stump
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Post by another specialist on May 23, 2005 14:37:11 GMT
The Sardinian Pika (Prolagus sardus) was a pika native to the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia and Corsica until its extinction in the late 1700s or early 1800s. It was described by early Sardinian authors as "a giant rabbit with no tail", and it is believed that the Nuragici, the ancient peoples of Sardinia, viewed them as a delicacy. It is the only animal classified in the genus Prolagus. This is a bit misleading saying it is the only animal classified in the genus prolagus but my other posts contradect this as there are lots of species of prolagus. So the bit about saying rabbit like but no tail could possibly be incorrect. It's 50/50 some pics show with a tail and some don't - even the links to pics that noisi posted one shows with and the other shows with out... So still a bit of a mystery ain't it really.... But anyway nice pic Peter. Your a good artist |
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