Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Parent taxon: Leporidae according to R. E. Eshelman et al. 2025
See also Albright et al. 2019, Alroy 2002, Cisneros 2005, Dawson 1958, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Salles et al. 2006, Schultz and Howard 1935 and Shoshani et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Aluralagus, Archaeolaginae, 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, Tachylagus, Veterilepus, Zaissanolagus
Subtaxa: Sylvilagus (Limnolagus) Sylvilagus (Tapeti) Sylvilagus aquaticus Sylvilagus audubonii Sylvilagus bachmani Sylvilagus boylei Sylvilagus brasiliensis Sylvilagus cunicularius Sylvilagus floridanus Sylvilagus gabbi Sylvilagus hibbardi Sylvilagus idahoensis Sylvilagus leonensis Sylvilagus nuttallii Sylvilagus palustris Sylvilagus transitionalis Sylvilagus webbi
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Canada (1: Alberta), Colombia (1), Honduras (1), Mexico (9), Panama (1), Peru (5), United States (218: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), United States (26: Arizona, California, Florida, Nebraska, Texas)
Total: 265 collections including 303 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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