Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Parent taxon: Leporidae according to M. R. Dawson 1958
Sister taxa: Aluralagus, Archaeolaginae, Aztlanolagus, Caviina, Chadrolagus, Dasyporcina, Desmatolaginae, Desmatolagus, Dituberolagus, Gobiolagus, Hydrocharina, Hypsimylus, Lagomina, Lagotherium, Lepoides, Leporina, Leporinae, Lushilagus, Mytonolaginae, Nekrolagus, Nuralagus, Ordolagus, Paranotolagus, Pewelagus, Pliopentalagus, Pronotolagus, Sardolagus, Shamolagus, Sylvilagus, Tachylagus, Trischizolagus, Veterilepus, Zaissanolagus
Subtaxa: Litolagus Megalagus Mytonolagus Palaeolagus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (1: South Dakota)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Montana)
• Arikareean of United States (17: California, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), United States (127: Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1), United States (3: Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (6: British Columbia, Saskatchewan), China (1), United States (58: California, Colorado, Georgia, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 220 collections including 352 occurrences