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Canonical source record

VIS-0004 had no source description.

Preserved: exact title “Different miniature animal species”; source ID VIS-0004; collection “Visual Concepts, Themes, and Art Styles”; section “General Visual Concepts”; theme tag “Art, Design, and Creativity”; format tag “Other / Hybrid”; no supplied variation; rights-review flag false.

Newly authored: every explanatory paragraph, route architecture, selected species record, comparison model, evidence taxonomy, schematic, interaction and related-world bridge in this integration candidate.

Evidence registry

7 external sources.

Primary papers lead the two most technical miniaturization cases. Institutional and academic references provide carefully bounded context for the other records.

primary peer-reviewed research

VIS0004-SRC-001 · Ecological Guild Evolution and the Discovery of the World's Smallest Vertebrate

PLOS ONE · 2012

  • Paedophryne amauensis adult male SVL 7.0–8.0 mm
  • type locality near Amau Village, Papua New Guinea
  • leaf-litter ecology and miniaturization context

Source page linked; no source media is bundled.

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primary peer-reviewed research

VIS0004-SRC-002 · Extreme miniaturization of a new amniote vertebrate and insights into the evolution of genital size in chameleons

Scientific Reports · 2021

  • Brookesia nana male holotype SVL 13.5 mm and total length 21.6 mm
  • female paratype SVL 19.2 mm and total length 28.9 mm
  • known in the paper from two individuals and one locality

Source page linked; no source media is bundled.

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institutional reference

VIS0004-SRC-003 · Hummingbirds

Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

  • bee hummingbird of Cuba reported at 1.95 g
  • hummingbirds belong to family Trochilidae

Source page linked; no source media is bundled.

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institutional reference

VIS0004-SRC-004 · A Foot-Long Seahorse

Smithsonian Ocean · 2012

  • Satomi's pygmy seahorse reported at 13 mm
  • reported range includes Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia

Source page linked; no source media is bundled.

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institutional reference

VIS0004-SRC-005 · Eye to Eye With a Pygmy Seahorse

Smithsonian Ocean · 2017

  • Hippocampus bargibanti grows to about 2 cm
  • association with gorgonian coral and camouflage

Source page linked; no source media is bundled.

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conservation-organization reference

VIS0004-SRC-006 · Turning Echolocation Into Action

Bat Conservation International · 2024

  • Craseonycteris thonglongyai described as about 2 g with an inch-long body
  • echolocation context

Source page linked; no source media is bundled.

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academic reference

VIS0004-SRC-007 · Suncus etruscus (white-toothed pygmy shrew)

Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan · 2005

  • adult mass 1.8–3 g
  • reported length 35–50 mm
  • Mediterranean lowland distribution context

Source page linked; no source media is bundled.

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Media rights

No copied animal photography in the package

All release visuals are ICU-authored SVG/CSS schematics labeled as non-diagnostic. External pages may contain photographs; their media rights are not inferred from page availability, so those bytes are not bundled.

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Source age and claim type stay visible

A 2012 primary taxonomic paper and a 2024 conservation reference can both be useful for different claims. “Recent” is not treated as a substitute for “primary,” and older source dates are not hidden.