Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Lepus according to O. Thomas 1911
See also Linnaeus 1758
Sister taxa: Lepus alleni, Lepus americanus, Lepus arcticus, Lepus benjamini, Lepus californicus, Lepus callotis, Lepus ennisianus, Lepus europaeus, Lepus othus, Lepus somaliensis, Lepus timidus, Lepus townsendii, Lepus whytei
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (13 collections), Ethiopia (5), Israel (2), Kenya (6), Libya (1), Morocco (2), South Africa (12), the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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