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Not specifically noted, it appears they mean Tarsius pumilus, according to the EDGE site.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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(Which notes, "Some researchers doubted the continued existence of Tarsius pumilus or in fact that it ever represented a separate species, as only two specimens were ever found and it had not been unambiguously identified in the wild since 1930.")
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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Two of the strains of bacteria tested – Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus Nealsonii – are both commonly used in laboratory tests of extreme environmental factors and their effects on bacteria because of their ability to produce endospores when stressed.
Bacteria Could Survive in Martian Soil | Universe Today 2009
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Endemic species found here include Rio Branco antbirds (Cercomacra carbonaria), spot-backed antwrens (Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus), chestnut-crested antbirds (Rhegmatorhina cristata), and Orinoco piculets (Picumnus pumilus).
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LILIO-NARCISSUS Indicus pumilus monanthus albus foliis angustissimis
The Botanical Magazine Vol. 7 or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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Bacillus pumilus strain used in this particular experiment was in fact
Slashdot 2009
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Mops condylurus and Chaerephon pumilus (Chiroptera: Molossidae).
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It also showed antibacterial activity against Bacillus mycoides, B. pumilus, B. subtilis, Salmonella typhi,
Find Me A Cure 2009
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_pumilus_, by having their horns approximated at their bases; the _Bos grunniens_ by it's whole tail being covered with long silky hairs; the
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-- Andropogon pumilus.] = Andropogon pumilus, _Roxb.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
Prolagus commented on the word pumilus
As a species, cultivar, or variety name, means “small or dwarf�?.
(Taylor's Dictionary for Gardeners)
April 30, 2008
fastifex commented on the word pumilus
Pumilus is a Latin adjective, meaning small.
It's also adopted in modern languages as second (species-proper) term in biological scientific nomenclature, notably in botany (in the feminine form pumila)
February 13, 2011