Leporidae Fischer 1817

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 185-211 : 194

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11333215

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Leporidae Fischer 1817
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Leporidae Fischer 1817 View in CoL

Leporidae Fischer 1817 View in CoL , Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow, 5: 372.

Synonyms: Bunolagini Averianov 1999 ; Lagidae Schultze 1897 ; Leporinorum Fischer 1817 ; Oryctolaginae Gureev 1948 ; Pentalaginae Gureev 1948 .

Genera: 11 genera with 61 species:

Genus Brachylagus Miller 1900 (1 species)

Genus Bunolagus Thomas 1929 (1 species)

Genus Caprolagus Blyth 1845 (1 species)

Genus Lepus Linnaeus 1758 (32 species with 108 subspecies)

Genus Nesolagus Forsyth-Major 1899 (2 species)

Genus Oryctolagus Lilljeborg 1873 (1 species with 6 subspecies)

Genus Pentalagus Lyon 1904 (1 species)

Genus Poelagus St. Leger 1932 (1 species)

Genus Pronolagus Lyon 1904 (3 species with 10 subspecies)

Genus Romerolagus Merriam 1896 (1 species)

Genus Sylvilagus Gray 1867 (17 species with 62 subspecies)

Discussion: Often divided into subfamilies Paleolaginae ( Pentalagus , Pronolagus , Romerolagus ) and Leporinae (remaining genera) ( Dice, 1929; Simpson, 1945), but no subfamilies were recognized by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). For basis of genera recognized here, see Corbet (1983); see also Averianov (1999).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Lagomorpha

Family

Leporidae

Loc

Leporidae Fischer 1817

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Leporidae

Fischer 1817: 372
1817
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