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Leporinae

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy

Leporinae was named by Trouessart (1880). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Leporidae by Dawson (1958), Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Subtaxa

Alilepus (syn. Allolagus), Brachylagus, Caprolagus, Lepus, Nesolagus, Oryctolagus (syn. Cuniculus), Pentalagus, Pliolagus, Pliosiwalagus, Pratilepus, Pronolagus, Romerolagus, Serengetilagus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1880	Leporinae Trouessart
1958	Leporinae Dawson p. 60
1980	Leporinae Kurten and Anderson p. 278

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Duplicidentata	()
order	Lagomorpha	Brandt 1885
family	Leporidae
subfamily	Leporinae	Trouessart 1880
subfamily	Leporinae	Trouessart 1880

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.

Subfm. †Leporinae Trouessart 1880

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G. †Alilepus Dice 1931

†Alilepus browni Hay 1921

†Alilepus dietrichi Fejfar 1961

†Alilepus hibbardi White 1991

†Alilepus vagus Gazin 1934

†Alilepus wilsoni White 1991

Invalid names: Allolagus Dice 1929 [synonym]

G. Brachylagus Miller 1900 [pygmy rabbit]

†Brachylagus coloradoensis Ramos 1999

G. Caprolagus Blyth 1845

Caprolagus hispidus Pearson 1839 [hispid hare]

G. Lepus Linnaeus 1758 [hare]

Lepus alleni Mearns 1890 [antelope jackrabbit]

Invalid names: Lepus giganteus Brown 1908 [synonym]

Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777 [snowshoe hare]

Lepus arcticus Ross 1819

†Lepus benjamini Hay 1921

Lepus californicus Gray 1837 [black-tailed jackrabbit]

Lepus callotis Wagler 1830

Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 [cape hare]

†Lepus ennisianus Cope 1881

Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778 [European hare]

Lepus othus Merriam 1900

Lepus somaliensis Heuglin 1861

Lepus timidus Linnaeus 1758 [mountain hare]

Invalid names: Lepus hibernicus Bell 1837 [synonym], Lepus variabilis Pallas 1778 [synonym]

Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839 [white-tailed jackrabbit]

Invalid names: Lepus campestris Bachman 1837 [synonym]

Lepus whytei Thomas 1894

G. Nesolagus Forsyth Major 1899 [striped rabbit]

G. Oryctolagus Lilljeborg 1874

Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 [European rabbit]

Invalid names: Cuniculus Meyer 1790 [synonym]

G. Pentalagus Lyon 1904 [Amami rabbit]

G. †Pliolagus Kormos 1934

G. †Pliosiwalagus Patnaik 2001

†Pliosiwalagus sivalensis Forsyth Major 1899

†Pliosiwalagus whitei Patnaik 2001

G. †Pratilepus Hibbard 1939

†Pratilepus kansasensis Hibbard 1939

G. †Pronolagus Lyon 1904

G. Romerolagus Merriam 1896 [volcano rabbit]

G. †Serengetilagus Dietrich 1941

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

grazerf

Diet 2:

browserf

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-08-26 13:52:57

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Geringian to the top of the Holocene or 30.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 26.3 Ma

Collections (476 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Geringian	30.8 - 26.3	USA (Oregon)	Archaeolagus ennisianus (93078)
Monroecreekian	26.3 - 24.8	USA (South Dakota)	Archaeolagus ennisianus (17559)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	Ukraine	Lepus sp. (75853)
Miocene - Pliocene	23.03 - 2.588	Mongolia	Leporinae indet. (34487)
Barstovian	16.3 - 12.5	USA (Nebraska)	Alilepus sp. (18412)
Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (Nevada)	Leporidae indet. (18835)
Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (South Dakota)	Alilepus sp. (18470)
Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (California)	Alilepus hibbardi (19185)
Late/Upper Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (Nebraska)	Alilepus sp. (18327)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Moldova	Alilepus sp. (152254) Lepus laskarevi (75802 75803)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Ukraine	Lepus laskarevi (75800)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	China (Yunnan)	Alilepus longisinuosus (11798)
Tortonian - Messinian	11.62 - 5.333	Kenya	Alilepus sp. (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean	11.62 - 3.6	Ethiopia	Lepus sp. (22139)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Pakistan (Punjab)	Alilepus elongatus (202265)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	China (Yunnan)	Alilepus sp. (230332)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Spain (Granada)	Oryctolagus sp. (26752)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Moldova (Tighina Departement)	Lepus sp. (36139)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene	11.608 - 3.6	Chad	Serengetilagus precapensis (24181)
Hemphillian	10.3 - 4.9	USA (Florida)	Pratilepus sp. (18601)