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
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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