pullus
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of pullus
First recorded in 1765–75; from New Latin, Latin: “a young animal”; see origin at pullet
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This shell is somewhat like P. pullus, Turbo pullus of Montague, but the whorls are more convex, and it is rather differently marked.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker
B. m. pullus intergrades with nigrescens as shown by specimens, referable to B. m. nigrescens, from 1 mi.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.
The subspecies closest, geographically, to B. m. handleyi is B. m. nigrescens, from which B. m. handleyi differs more in color than from any of the other named subspecies, except B. m. pullus.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.
As mentioned in the immediately preceding account, the small Thomomys umbrinus pullus and the large Cratogeomys were found in the same area.
From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.
Further collection in areas between central Honduras and western Nicaragua may yield specimens of B. musculus that are intermediate in characters between grisescens and pullus.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.
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