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Leporidae (hares and rabbits)

Synonyms: Leporinorum

Wikipedia Abstract

Leporidae is a family of mammals that include rabbits and hares, over 60 species in all. The Latin word Leporidae means "those that resemble lepus" (hare). Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporidae differ from pikas in that they have short, furry tails and elongated ears and hind legs.
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Genus

Alilepus (6)
Aluralagus (2)
Archaeolagus (5)
Aztlanolagus (1)
Brachylagus (pygmy rabbits) (1)
Bunolagus (riverine rabbits) (1)   (1)
Caprolagus (hispid hares) (1)   (1)
Chadrolagus (1)
Dituberolagus (1)
Gobiolagus (7)
Gripholagomys (1)
Hypolagus (13)
Hypsimylus (2)
Lepoides (1)
Lepus (common hares and jackrabbits) (43)   (2)   (2)
Litolagus (1)
Lushilagus (2)
Megalagus (5)
Mytonolagus (2)
Nekrolagus (1)
Nesolagus (Sumatran rabbits) (2)   (1)
Notolagus (2)
Nuralagus (1)
Ordolagus (1)
Oryctolagus (European rabbits) (1)   (1)   (1)
Palaeolagus (9)
Panolax (1)
Paranotolagus (1)
Pentalagus (Riu Kiu rabbits) (1)   (1)
Pewelagus (2)
Pliosiwalagus (2)
Poelagus (African harsh-furred hares) (1)
Pratilepus (1)
Pronolagus (rockhares) (4)
Pronotolagus (4)
Romerolagus (volcano rabbit and zacatuche) (1)   (1)
Sardolagus (1)
Serengetilagus (1)
Shamolagus (2)
Strenulagus (2)
Sylvilagus (cottontail rabbits) (27)   (4)
Tachylagus (1)
Trischizolagus (3)
Tsaganolagus (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0