12 нояб. 2021 г. · One main culprit: inbreeding and lack of genetic diversity among the small group of survivors. So, in 2004, state Fish and Wildlife scientists ...

24 янв. 2024 г. · In addition, an emerging virus first detected in pygmy rabbits in 2022 poses a serious threat to their survival.

The fracturing of its native shrub-steppe habitat, an increased occurrence of wildfire, and a deadly new form of rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHDV2) all pose ...

Pygmy rabbits, named after their tiny size, have both state and federal Endangered status. They are the smallest species of rabbit in North America, and live ...

Wildfires are currently the most critical threat to pygmy rabbits. The fires not only kill the rabbits outright, but the habitat following a fire is completely ...

One isolated population, the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, is listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Federal government, though the International Union for ...

Being too shy to cross roads and too exposed to cross disturbed sage brush without predation, pygmy rabbits need remaining sage-steppe communities preserved and ...

25 июл. 2024 г. · Predation is the main cause of pygmy rabbit mortality in the wild, where 42 to 70% of juvenile bunnies are killed by coyotes, weasels, owls and ...

7 мар. 2023 г. · While the agency acknowledged the threat to pygmy rabbits from habitat loss and degradation, development, livestock grazing, conversion and ...