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3:00 snapshot, #97.

May 05, 2007 21:40

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woodchuck, enrichment, garlic mustard, 3:00 snapshot

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fledchen May 6 2007, 11:10:55 UTC

Is it just me, or do they look an awful lot like wombats?

urbpan May 6 2007, 20:19:11 UTC

Yep! Wombats and Woodchucks are very similar, ecologically and morphologically.

convergent evolution candent May 6 2007, 21:08:11 UTC

Are they basically the marsupial equivalent of woodchucks?

Re: convergent evolution urbpan May 6 2007, 22:36:30 UTC

exactly.

Examples of convergence

Eutherian Marsupial
cat quoll
antelope kangaroo
flying squirrel sugar glider
mole marsupial moles
marmot wombat
wolf thylacine

http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci338m/Lectures/Monotremes.html

candent May 6 2007, 22:43:42 UTC

Thanks for the info Mr. Taylor!

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