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Brachylagus (pygmy rabbit)
Taxonomy
Brachylagus was named by Miller (1900) [named as a subgenus of Lepus by Miller 1900; raised to genus level]. It is extant. Its type is Brachylagus idahoensis.
It was synonymized subjectively with Sylvilagus by Grinnell et al. (1930), Orr (1940), Durant (1952), Miller (1976).
It was assigned to Leporinae by Dawson (1958), Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Leporidae by Lyon (1904), Kenner (1965), Corbet (1983), Halanych and Robinson (1997), McKenna and Bell (1997), Ramos (1999), Ramos (1999).
It was synonymized subjectively with Sylvilagus by Grinnell et al. (1930), Orr (1940), Durant (1952), Miller (1976).
It was assigned to Leporinae by Dawson (1958), Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Leporidae by Lyon (1904), Kenner (1965), Corbet (1983), Halanych and Robinson (1997), McKenna and Bell (1997), Ramos (1999), Ramos (1999).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Brachylagus Miller |
| 1904 | Brachylagus Lyon |
| 1958 | Brachylagus Dawson p. 60 |
| 1965 | Brachylagus Kenner |
| 1980 | Brachylagus Kurten and Anderson p. 279 |
| 1983 | Brachylagus Corbet |
| 1997 | Brachylagus Halanych and Robinson |
| 1997 | Brachylagus McKenna and Bell |
| 1999 | Brachylagus Ramos |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available