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Sardinian pika
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English
Noun
An extinct species of pika, Prolagus sardus species, endemic to Sardinia, Corsica, and the neighboring Mediterranean islands.
en 2022 Thomas Halliday (writer) Thomas Halliday Otherworlds 53 Penguin 2023 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.
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