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- noun Plural form of
babirusa .
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Examples
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Furthermore, the snout of babirusas is not as specialised as that of other pigs.
The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006
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This is supported by chromosome data, as several autosomes present in babirusas have no equivalent in other suids.
The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006
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This suggests that the babirusas from the eastern arm of Sulawesi should be closely related to the Togian animals, but an absence of specimens makes this impossible to test (Meijaard & Groves 2002b).
The many babirusa species: laissez-faire lumping under fire again Darren Naish 2006
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This is supported by chromosome data, as several autosomes present in babirusas have no equivalent in other suids.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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This suggests that the babirusas from the eastern arm of Sulawesi should be closely related to the Togian animals, but an absence of specimens makes this impossible to test (Meijaard & Groves 2002b).
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The bipedal ‘boxing’ behaviour of babirusas is odd, but arguably odder is a unique sort of ‘ploughing’ behaviour they have recently been shown to practise.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Unfortunately babirusas from the adjacent eastern and south-eastern parts of Sulawesi remain unknown, so it is not possible to test whether or not they are particularly similar to B. babyrussa.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Unfortunately babirusas from the adjacent eastern and south-eastern parts of Sulawesi remain unknown, so it is not possible to test whether or not they are particularly similar to B. babyrussa.
The many babirusa species: laissez-faire lumping under fire again Darren Naish 2006
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Furthermore, the snout of babirusas is not as specialised as that of other pigs.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The bipedal ‘boxing’ behaviour of babirusas is odd, but arguably odder is a unique sort of ‘ploughing’ behaviour they have recently been shown to practise.
The many babirusa species: laissez-faire lumping under fire again Darren Naish 2006
vanishedone commented on the word babirusas
Image Search includes some pictures of big cats and polar bears to make up the numbers.
May 24, 2009
bilby commented on the word babirusas
8 piggywinkles out of 8 over on babirusa.
May 24, 2009