Prolagus Pomel 1853 (pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Parent taxon: Ochotonidae according to D. Zoboli and G. L. Pillola 2017

See also Becker et al. 2010, de Bruijn 1989 and Vasileiadou and Koufos 2005

Sister taxa: Amphilagus, Bellatona, Bohlinotona, Cuyamalagus, Gripholagomys, Hesperolagomys, Ochotona, Ochotoninae, Oklahomalagus, Paludotona, Piezodus, Praotherium palatinum, Russellagus, Sinolagomyinae, Titanomys

Subtaxa: Prolagus crusafonti Prolagus oeningensis Prolagus sardus Prolagus vasconiensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (7 collections), Italy (14), Portugal (1), Spain (4)

• Villafranchian of Hungary (1), Italy (1), Spain (2)

• MN 16 of France (1), Italy (1)

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

• Pliocene of France (2), Greece (4), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Spain (12), Ukraine (1)

• MN 13 of Spain (2)

• Turolian of Greece (7), Spain (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)

• Miocene of Austria (1), France (17), Germany (17), Greece (7), Italy (9), Portugal (9), Serbia (2), Spain (20), Switzerland (30), Türkiye (1)

• Eocene of France (1)

Total: 188 collections including 194 occurrences

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