Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Parent taxon: Leporidae according to M. R. Dawson 1958
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Aluralagus, Archaeolaginae, Aztlanolagus, Caviina, Chadrolagus, Dasyporcina, Desmatolaginae, Desmatolagus, Dituberolagus, Gobiolagus, Hydrocharina, Hypsimylus, Lagomina, Lagotherium, Lepoides, Leporina, Lushilagus, Mytonolaginae, Nekrolagus, Nuralagus, Ordolagus, Palaeolaginae, Paranotolagus, Pewelagus, Pliopentalagus, Pronotolagus, Sardolagus, Shamolagus, Sylvilagus, Tachylagus, Trischizolagus, Veterilepus, Zaissanolagus
Subtaxa: Alilepus Brachylagus Caprolagus Lepus Nesolagus Oryctolagus Pentalagus Pliolagus Pliosiwalagus Pratilepus Pronolagus Romerolagus Serengetilagus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (2), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Canada (27: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), China (3), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (3), Egypt (13), Ethiopia (5), France (11), Georgia (1), Germany (7), Greece (11), Greenland (21), Hungary (7), Israel (2), Italy (27), Japan (3), Kenya (7), Libya (1), Mexico (7), Monaco (1), Morocco (7), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Portugal (3), Reunion (1), Romania (12), the Russian Federation (5), South Africa (25), Spain (33), Sudan (4), Swaziland (3), Tanzania (4), Turkey (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (105: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming), Zambia (1)
• Blancan of Greenland (1), Mexico (1), United States (16: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), South Africa (2), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Greece (4), Hungary (2), India (2), Kazakhstan (2), Kenya (3), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), South Africa (4), Spain (4), Tanzania (1), Ukraine (4)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Florida, Nebraska)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (1), Mongolia (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), China (8), Greece (2), Kenya (2), Moldova (4), Pakistan (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (2), United States (5: California, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 474 collections including 524 occurrences