†Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer 1935 (rabbit)
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Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Belongs to Palaeolagus according to D. Lofgren et al. 2020
See also Wood 1940
Sister taxa: Palaeolagus haydeni, Palaeolagus hemirhizis, Palaeolagus hypsodus, Palaeolagus intermedius, Palaeolagus philoi, Palaeolagus primus, Palaeolagus temnodon, Tricium agapetilla
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vista, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Colorado
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), United States (25: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
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