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Island dwarfing
Island dwarfing is a biological phenomenon by which the size of animals isolated on an island shrinks dramatically over generations. It is a form of natural selection in which smaller size provides a survival advantage. Pygmy elephants on the island of Borneo and the Channel Island fox in California are thought to be examples of island dwarfing.
External links
Strange world of island species October 31, 2004 The Observer
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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