Oryctolagus Lilljeborg 1874 (rabbit)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Alternative spelling: Lepus (Oryctolagus)

Synonym: Cuniculus Meyer 1790

Parent taxon: Leporinae according to M. R. Dawson 1958

See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1998, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Worthy 1997

Sister taxa: Alilepus, Brachylagus, Caprolagus, Lepus, Nesolagus, Pentalagus, Pliolagus, Pliosiwalagus, Pratilepus, Pronolagus, Romerolagus, Serengetilagus

Subtaxa: Oryctolagus cuniculus

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Belgium (1), Croatia (1), France (9), Greece (2), Italy (8), Libya (1), Monaco (1), Morocco (3), Portugal (3), Spain (29), Turkey (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Italy (5), Spain (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Hungary (1), Spain (4)

• Miocene of Spain (1)

Total: 75 collections including 76 occurrences

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