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, Hypolagus, Hypsimylus, Lagomina, Lagotherium, Lepoides, Leporina, Lushilagus, Mytonolaginae, Nekrolagus, Nuralagus, Ordolagus, Palaeolaginae, Paranotolagus, Pewelagus, Pliopentalagus, Pronotolagus, Sardolagus, Shamolagus, Sylvilagus, Tachylagus, Veterilepus, Zaissanolagus
Subtaxa: Alilepus Brachylagus Caprolagus Lepus Nesolagus Oryctolagus Pentalagus Pliolagus Pliosiwalagus Pratilepus Pronolagus Romerolagus Serengetilagus Trischizolagus
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), Czechia (3), Egypt (13), Eswatini (3), 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 (11), Reunion (1), Romania (12), the Russian Federation (5), South Africa (25), Spain (33), Sudan (4), Tanzania (4), Turkmenistan (1), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (107: 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)
• Villafranchian of Greece (1), Hungary (2)
• 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 Afghanistan (1), Armenia (1), China (3), Egypt (1), Greece (4), India (2), Kazakhstan (2), Kenya (3), Moldova (1), Morocco (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), South Africa (4), Spain (9), Tanzania (1), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (4)
• MN 13 of China (2), Greece (1)
• Turolian of China (6), Greece (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida, Nebraska, Tennessee)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (1), Mongolia (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), China (2), Greece (1), Italy (1), Kenya (2), Moldova (4), Pakistan (1), Portugal (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (3), United States (5: California, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 506 collections including 565 occurrences