- and Var**** bitatawa) are
primarily frugivores.
Among species of
living varanids, the
limbs show
positive allometry,
being larger in larger-bodied species...
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Varanids last
shared a
common ancestor with
their closest living relatives,
earless "monitors",
during the Late Cretaceous. The
oldest known varanids...
-
Saniwa is an
extinct genus of
varanid lizard that
lived during the
Eocene epoch. It is
known from well-preserved
fossils found in the
Bridger and Green...
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cladistical correlation,
although some of
these features are
shared with
varanids.[citation needed]
Genetic studies in
recent years have
indicated snakes...
- only have 1-2
replacement teeth behind each
tooth position. As with
other varanids,
Komodo dragons have only a
single ear bone, the stapes, for transferring...
-
monitor lizards (
varanids) of Africa, Asia, and Australia, the wide
geographical separation and
unique features not
found in the
varanids indicate they are...
-
widely successful. The
Asian water monitor is one of the most
exploited varanids; its skin is used for
fashion accessories such as shoes,
belts and handbags...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 196
species Endangered (EN): 382
species Vulnerable (VU): 411
species Near threatened...
- the
relationship between tooth height and
skull length, and
found that
varanids like the
crocodile monitor had
substantially greater ratios of
tooth height...
- the
circulatory system during systole—this
unique heart structure allows varanids to run
faster over
longer distances than
other lizards. They also utilize...
