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, Hypolagus, Hypsimylus, Lagomina, Lagotherium, Lepoides, Leporina, Leporinae, Lushilagus, Mytonolaginae, Nekrolagus, Nuralagus, Ordolagus, Palaeolaginae, Paranotolagus, Pewelagus, Pliopentalagus, Pronotolagus, Sardolagus, Shamolagus, Sylvilagus, Tachylagus, Veterilepus, Zaissanolagus
Subtaxa: Archaeolagus Notolagus Panolax
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Arizona, California collections)
• Blancan of Mexico (2), United States (15: Arizona, California, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (6), United States (16: California, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (75: California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, 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: 142 collections including 144 occurrences