Talk:Lagomorpha
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[edit] Not all lagomorphs eat their own feces
The statement that "they will re-digest first time feces to obtain the most from their plant diet" is not necessarily true. Most people who keep rabbits and hares would say the statement is completely false, although I'd be willing to believe this may be because their specialized diet doesn't require it. Furthermore, pet rabbits and hares can be litter-box trained, and eating feces from litter would be fatal if done habitually for any significant length of time. While this may be something practiced by lagomorphs in their wild and feral states, it certainly isn't true of domestic ones (or at least not all of them) --Corvun 02:09, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
- Domestic rabbits eat cecotropes as much as wild ones do, and it is an essential part of their staying healthy. The main reason why many house rabbit owners believe that rabbits don’t eat their cecotropes is the fact that they are not normally excreted in the litterbox and re-eaten after you see them — but rather eaten directly out of the anus as part of their grooming ritual. Thus, it will usually seem like they are just grooming their private parts. Very occasionally, a rabbit will leave a cecotrope lying without eating it. You can regognise it through its mushiness and its somewhat raspberry-like shape. Rabbits with mobility problems (e.g., paralysed ones) may not be able to reach their cecotropes. In such cases, it is essential that one gathers their cecotropes and feeds them to them. -- Olve 03:04, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
- On this same topic, rodents also produce cecotropes, so it's something they have in common, not something that's different.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.114.137.32 (talk • contribs) .
[edit] loģ o-moŕ fs
What's this meant to be? My guess is that it's some attempt at a phonemic transcription. If so, it should be converted to IPA (as per WP:MOS). I'd do it myself but what's "loģ o-moŕ fs" meant to represent? Jimp 08:01, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Prolagus or Prolagidae?
In the bar to the right side of the article, it names the family containing the extinct Sardinian Pika as Prolagidae, but within the article it was Prolagus. I've now changed it within the article to Prolagidae (as I figured that would me more likely of a cantidate, considering the ending being shared with the other two). If that's incorrect, then change it back. And if either of them could be correct, that should be noted within the article. Cyril UberFuzz 20:13, 23 March 2006 (central time)
[edit] Not very detailed
I can speak a tiny bit of french and looked up "lapin" and then lagomorph on the french Wikipedia and the articles in that had a lot more information. I reccomend translating, then copying some articles from the french wikipedia. Wikisquared 20:39, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
