Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alternative combination: Archaeolagus ennisianus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. Review of the Rodentia of the Miocene Period of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 6(2):361-386
Belongs to Lepus according to E. D. Cope 1881
See also Dice 1917, Gazin 1930, Hay 1902 and Wood 1940
Sister taxa: Lepus alleni, Lepus americanus, Lepus arcticus, Lepus benjamini, Lepus californicus, Lepus callotis, Lepus capensis, Lepus europaeus, Lepus othus, Lepus somaliensis, Lepus timidus, Lepus townsendii, Lepus whytei
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Oregon, South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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