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Sardinian pika en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An extinct species of pika, Prolagus sardus, endemic to Sardinia, Corsica, and the neighboring Mediterranean islands.
    • The Sardinian pika – the last of the larger Mediterranean species of Prolagus – was almost wiped out through competition and predation from invasive species introduced by the Romans, only holding on in isolated communities until becoming extinct perhaps within the last 200 years. 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 53:

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Sardinian pikas Number=Plur lexicographic