Scientists discover Spain and Portugal have been hiding a second rabbit species for nearly 2 million years, and it is now quietly disappearing
- For more than a hundred years, scientists believed only one species of rabbit lived across the Iberian Peninsula, with at most two regional types.
- A new study has overturned that idea completely.
- Researchers from Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom have found that what looked like a single rabbit is actually two separate species that split apart nearly two million years ago.
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- For more than a hundred years, scientists believed only one species of rabbit lived across the Iberian Peninsula, with at most two regional types.
- A new study has overturned that idea completely.
- Researchers from Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom have found that what looked like a single rabbit is actually two separate species that split apart nearly two million years ago.
Sources: Times of India