The type species of the genus Enterovirus was changed from Poliovirus to Human enterovirus C. This has been ratified in April 2008.

In 2008, it was discovered that the inactivation of only two genes in one species of annual plant leads to the conversion into a perennial plant.

* In 2008, 7 new species of Microcebus were formally recognized, but Microcebus lokobensis ( Lokobe Mouse Lemur ) was not among the additions.

Cornell-organized searches in Arkansas and elsewhere from 2005 to 2008 did not produce any definitive evidence of the species.

The IUCN reported in 2008, " The taxonomy of this genus is clearly in need of review, and it is likely that O. orca will be split into a number of different species or at least subspecies over the next few years.

As of 2012, there were officially 103 species and subspecies of lemur, 39 of which were described by zoologists between 2000 and 2008.

By contrast, a previous study in 2008 had found only 38 percent of lemur species were at risk of extinction.

The species has been classified as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List since 2008 because the global population is estimated at about 10, 000 individuals, with a decreasing population trend ; only about half of the total area of potential habitat of is actually being used by the species.

Since the late 1990s, devil facial tumour disease has drastically reduced the devil population and now threatens the survival of the species, which in 2008 was declared to be endangered.

A second species, V. osmolskae, was named in 2008 for skull material from Inner Mongolia, China.

* Genera and species in acetic acid bacteria, 2008 Int.

Hohmann and Surbeck published in 2008 that bonobos sometimes do hunt monkey species.

As of 2008, no lobster aquaculture operation had achieved commercial success, due mainly to the fact that lobsters eat each other ( cannibalism ) and the slow growth of the species ; these two problems make it difficult to make lobster aquaculture profitable.

According to a 2008 estimate, Basidiomycota comprise three subphyla ( including six unassigned classes ) 16 classes, 52 orders, 177 families, 1, 589 genera, and 31, 515 species.

According to the Dictionary of the Fungi ( 10th edition, 2008 ), the order consists of 12 families, 80 genera, and 1767 species.

Deep-seated cultural beliefs in the potency of tiger parts are so prevalent across China and other east Asian countries that laws protecting even critically endangered species such as the Sumatran tiger fail to stop the display and sale of these items in open markets, according to a 2008 report from TRAFFIC.

According to the Dictionary of the Fungi ( 10th edition, 2008 ), there are about 57 species in the genus.

Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.

Consisting of 2008 species, Euphorbia is one of the largest and most diverse genera in the plant kingdom, along with Rumex and Senecio.

In December 2008, researchers from the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University completed a DNA tree of all 21 known species of beaked whales.

An area near the A12 M11 Link Road ( which was built in the 1990s ) beside the section from Blake Hall Road to Selsdon Road was in 2008 preserved by local residents as a Wild-Flower Meadow with a year-round display of wild and naturalised plants, shrubs and trees ; starting in spring with oxlip ( P. elatoir ), cowslip ( Primula veris ), primrose ( P. vulgaris ), and meadow buttercup ( Ranunculus acris ), followed by many species including the grass vetchling ( Lathyrus nissolia ).

In November 2008, almost 900 plucked and " oven-ready " owls and other protected wildlife species were confiscated by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in Malaysia, according to TRAFFIC.

This led to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, a legally binding treaty designed to protect these threatened species, which has been ratified by eleven countries as of 2008 ( namely Argentina, Australia, Chile, Ecuador, France, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, South Africa, Spain, and the United Kingdom ).

According to the Dictionary of the Fungi ( 10th edition, 2008 ), the widespread genus contains over 300 species.

A review in 2008 indicates that viable populations are distributed throughout its historic range and does not merit listing as a threatened or endangered species.

Burton ( 2008 ) argues that Lincoln's republicanism was taken up by the Freedmen as they were emancipated.

From 2002 to July 2008 under Turkmen calendar reform, the month of August was named after Alp Arslan.

In 2008, the world's total arable land amounted to 13, 805, 153 km², whereas 48, 836, 976 km² was classified as " agricultural land.

A bridge was first completed here in 1887, replaced by another structure in 1949, and subsequently replaced with the current bridge which was completed in 2008.

To try to answer this question more definitely, a randomized double-blind study was started in September 2008 and was completed in March 2010.

For this reason, Armenia was virtually unaffected by the Liquidity crisis of September 2008.

It hosted the annual Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition game between two major league teams that was played from 1940 until 2008.

In 2008, Athens was ranked the world's 32nd richest city by purchasing power < ref >

As of early 2008, the wholesale price for abalone meat was approximately US $ 40. 00 per kilogram.

In 2008, a former goods shed by the main railway station of Abensberg was converted into a theatre by local volunteers.

The " Theater am Bahnhof " ( Theatre at the Railway Station ) is mostly used by the Theatergruppe Lampenfieber and was opened on 19 October 2008.

It replaces the " sheaves of wheat " design, and was minted until 2008.

On December 1, 2008, the Curb Exchange building at 86 Trinity Place was closed, and the Amex Equities trading floor was moved to the NYSE Trading floor at 11 Wall Street.

The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

It was not until June 6, 2008 that Japan formally recognised the Ainu as an indigenous group ( see Official Recognition, below ).

On June 6, 2008, a bi-partisan, non-binding resolution was approved by the Japanese Diet calling upon the government to recognize the Ainu people as indigenous to Japan, and urging an end to discrimination against the group.

Its main building was named Albertus Magnus Hall in 2008.

In 2008 the skeleton of Queen Eadgyth, granddaughter of Alfred the Great was found in Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany.

In December 2008, HDMS Absalon was involved in the rescue of putative Somali pirates 90 miles off Yemen in the Gulf of Aden.

The campaign by the name ' Tree Day-Plant Your Future ' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150, 000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day ( symbolically, one for each citizen ).