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This small rodent is at the center of theories about the hantavirus outbreak

The long-tailed pygmy rice rat is the primary host for Andes virus, the type of hantavirus responsible for sickening ...
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Pygmy Elephants, Asiatic Lions and Other Links from the Brink

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Pygmy elephants, Asiatic lions and Siamese ...
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Pygmy Sloths Could Gain Much-Needed Endangered Species Protection

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) last week announced that the world’s rarest and smallest sloth could deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act (pdf). In response to this incident, a ...
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Meet Little Leaf, the adorable pygmy goat who has traveled to 41 states and counting

Some goats only dream of greener pastures, but one has found them in 41 states and counting. Little Leaf, an American pygmy goat, has been traveling the country with her owner Kate Cloud for the past ...
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American Pygmy Kingfisher

An American Pygmy Kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea, at the Bocas del Toro Research Station. Says Dr. Rachel Collin, who shot the video: "We were happy to catch some footage of this shy species at the ...
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Postcranial proportions of Microsciurus and Sciurillus, the American pygmy tree squirrels

Thorington, Richard W., Jr. and Thorington, E. M. 1989. "Postcranial proportions of Microsciurus and Sciurillus, the American pygmy tree squirrels." In Advances in ...