Article: Researchers find rabbits linked more closely to primates than to rats.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

In science's latest offering to bar-bet trivia comes this finding: The rabbit may be more closely related to a monkey than it is to a rat.

The fact that the rat and the rabbit look somewhat alike _ with beady eyes, fuzzy fur, whiskers and big teeth _ means nothing.

A molecular analysis, reported in Thursday's issue of Nature magazine, allies the bunny with primates, like the ringtailed lemur and the chimp.

Let it sink in. Bunny-Monkey. Monkey-Bunny.

Having trouble with the concept? Think of it this way _ Peter Cottontail is a closer relative of Curious George than he is of Mickey Mouse.

Bunny-Monkey. Monkey-Bunny.

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