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The robust P. pygmaeus, the more gracile and more upright P. abelii and a third, smaller terrestrial species that we today know as the orang pendek.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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Gigantopithecus blacki molar enamel (and to a lesser extent, that of Pongo pygmaeus) is distributed relatively evenly across the occlusal surface compared with the more complex distribution of enamel thickness in Homo sapiens.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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Loss of habitat is the main reason behind the steep decline in both the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and its critically endangered Sumatran counterpart (Pongo abelii).
Fresh wave of killings by hunters takes Indonesian orangutan to the brink of extinction 2011
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The results show that, in G. blacki, the pattern of mandibular root numbersparticularly that of the premolarscorresponds with that of Gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, and Pongo pygmaeus.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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The black dwarf lowland tapir (Tapirus pygmaeus), here.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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Loss of habitat (%) a HadCM2GSa1b UKMOc Red Listd Tundra bean gooseAnser fabalis rossicus/serrirostris 76 93 Red-breasted goose Branta ruficollis 67 85 VU Spoon-billed sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus 57 57 VU/EN Emperor gooseAnser canagicus 54 54!
Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges 2009
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For two of the three water-bird species that are considered globally threatened, namely the red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis) and the spoon-billed sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus), 67 and 57% of their current breeding range is projected to change from tundra to forest, respectively (Table 7.7).
Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges 2009
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The region is also the westernmost limit of the ranges of most pygmy-possums (Cercartetus spp.) and gliding possums (Petaurus spp. and Acrobates pygmaeus).
Naracoorte woodlands 2008
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The Po Basin contains the only nesting site in Italy of pygmy cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus).
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It contains the only nesting site in Italy of pygmy cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus), and is also home to the globally threatened ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca).
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