Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Parent taxon: Leporidae according to M. R. Dawson 1958
See also Green 1972, Johnson 1966 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Aluralagus, Aztlanolagus, Caviina, Chadrolagus, Dasyporcina, Desmatolaginae, Desmatolagus, Dituberolagus, Gobiolagus, Hydrocharina, Hypsimylus, Lagomina, Lagotherium, Lepoides, Leporina, Leporinae, Lushilagus, Mytonolaginae, Nekrolagus, Nuralagus, Ordolagus, Palaeolaginae, Paranotolagus, Pewelagus, Pliopentalagus, Pronotolagus, Sardolagus, Shamolagus, Sylvilagus, Tachylagus, Trischizolagus, Veterilepus, Zaissanolagus
Subtaxa: Archaeolagus Hypolagus Notolagus Panolax
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), China (1), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Georgia (1), Greece (1), Hungary (5), Israel (2), Italy (5), Poland (1), Romania (9), Turkey (1), United States (6: Arizona, California, Colorado)
• Blancan of Greenland (1), Mexico (4), United States (81: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Austria (2), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (7), Hungary (6), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (2), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (3), Spain (1)
• Hemphillian of Canada (1: Alberta), Mexico (6), United States (56: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Canada (11: Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (135: California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (13: California, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas)
• Arikareean of United States (8: California, Florida, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 388 collections including 428 occurrences