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Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Lepus cuniculus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lepus (Oryctolagus) cuniculus by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927); it was recombined as Oryctolagus cuniculus by Thomas (1911), Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995) and Worthy (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. lacosti, O. laynensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Lepus cuniculus Linnaeus p. 58
1911Oryctolagus cuniculus Thomas p. 145
1927Lepus (Oryctolagus) cuniculus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 80
1995Oryctolagus cuniculus Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 238
1997Oryctolagus cuniculus Worthy p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
subfamilyLeporinaeTrouessart 1880
genusOryctolagusLilljeborg 1874
speciescuniculus()

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.

Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 [European rabbit]
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Oryctolagus cuniculus (39314)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Oryctolagus cuniculus (182924)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Segovia) Oryctolagus cuniculus (36452 36517 36518 36519 36520 36521 36522 36523)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium Oryctolagus cuniculus (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Oryctolagus cuniculus (22489)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Puglia) Oryctolagus cuniculus (44091)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Morocco Oryctolagus cuniculus (21856 21857)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Libya Oryctolagus cuniculus (21884)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Lazio Region) Oryctolagus cuniculus (36134)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Oryctolagus cuniculus (34842)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Oryctolagus cuniculus (36756)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Capri Island) Hystrix cristata, Lepus cuniculus (43016)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Aquitaine Region) Oryctolagus cuniculus (36757 36758 36759)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Valencia) Oryctolagus cuniculus (221420 221421 221422 221424 221425 221426)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Lepus cuniculus (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Oryctolagus cuniculus (40984)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Oryctolagus cuniculus (43619 43629 43631)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Valencia) Oryctolagus cuniculus (205285 221412 221414 221415 221416)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Oryctolagus cuniculus (181897)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Oryctolagus cuniculus (43630)