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World's Oldest Bunny: It Lived 53 Million Years Ago!

Bunnies may look like fluffy eared rodents, but they are not. They have their own zoological order called Lagomorpha, which comprises hares, rabbits and a Guinea pig-like family of mammals called pikas.

Now, scientists have found what appears to be the oldest remains of an ancestor of today's rabbits and hares. The 53-million-year-old fossils are made of small ankle bones and they were uncovered in Gujarat (central India). The remains are described in the journal Proceedings of the Roy... Read »
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