Leporidae
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Leporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, constitute the lagomorphs, one of the orders of mammals. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs. The name leporid is derived from Latin leporis, genitive of lepus, a hare.
Members of all genera except Lepus are usually referred to as rabbits, while members of Lepus (which accounts for almost half the species) are usually called hares. However the distinction between these two common names does not map completely into current taxonomy, since the jackrabbits are members of Lepus, and members of the genera Pronolagus and Caprolagus are sometimes called hares.
Leporids are native across the world except in Oceania where their introduction is an important threat for the native mammals in Australia.
[edit] Classification
Family Leporidae:[1] rabbits and hares
- Genus Pentalagus
- Amami Rabbit/Ryūkyū Rabbit, Pentalagus furnessi
- Genus Bunolagus
- Riverine Rabbit, Bunolagus monticularis
- Genus Nesolagus
- Sumatran Striped Rabbit, Nesolagus netscheri
- Annamite Striped Rabbit, Nesolagus timminsi
- Genus Romerolagus
- Volcano Rabbit, Romerolagus diazi
- Genus Brachylagus
- Pygmy Rabbit, Brachylagus idahoensis
- Genus Sylvilagus
- Subgenus Tapeti
- Swamp Rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus
- Tapeti, Sylvilagus brasiliensis
- Dice's Cottontail, Sylvilagus dicei
- Omilteme Cottontail, Sylvilagus insonus
- Marsh Rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris
- Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit, Sylvilagus varynaensis
- Subgenus Sylvilagus
- Desert Cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii
- Manzano Mountain Cottontail, Sylvilagus cognatus
- Mexican Cottontail, Sylvilagus cunicularis
- Eastern Cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus
- Tres Marias Rabbit, Sylvilagus graysoni
- Mountain Cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii
- Appalachian Cottontail, Sylvilagus obscurus
- Robust Rabbit, Sylvilagus robustus
- Subgenus Microlagus
- Brush Rabbit, Sylvilagus bachmani
- San Jose Brush Rabbit, Sylvilagus mansuetus
- Subgenus Tapeti
- Genus Oryctolagus
- European Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus
- Genus Poelagus
- Bunyoro Rabbit, Poelagus marjorita
- Genus Pronolagus
- Natal Red Rock Hare, Pronolagus crassicaudatus
- Jameson's Red Rock Hare, Pronolagus randensis
- Smith's Red Rock Hare, Pronolagus rupestris
- Genus Caprolagus
- Hispid Hare, Caprolagus hispidus
- Genus Lepus
- Subgenus Macrotolagus
- Antelope Jackrabbit, Lepus alleni
- Subgenus Poecilolagus
- Snowshoe Hare, Lepus americanus
- Subgenus Lepus
- Arctic Hare, Lepus arcticus
- Alaskan Hare, Lepus othus
- Mountain Hare, Lepus timidus
- Subgenus Proeulagus
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
- White-sided Jackrabbit, Lepus callotis
- Cape Hare, Lepus capensis
- Tehuantepec Jackrabbit, Lepus flavigularis
- Black Jackrabbit, Lepus insularis
- Scrub Hare, Lepus saxatilis
- Desert Hare, Lepus tibetanus
- Tolai Hare, Lepus tolai
- Subgenus Eulagos
- Broom Hare, Lepus castrovieoi
- Yunnan Hare, Lepus comus
- Korean Hare, Lepus coreanus
- Corsican Hare, Lepus corsicanus
- European Hare, Lepus europaeus
- Granada Hare, Lepus granatensis
- Manchurian Hare, Lepus mandschuricus
- Woolly Hare, Lepus oiostolus
- Ethiopian Highland Hare, Lepus starcki
- White-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
- Subgenus Sabanalagus
- Ethiopian Hare, Lepus fagani
- African Savanna Hare, Lepus microtis
- Subgenus Indolagus
- Hainan Hare, Lepus hainanus
- Indian Hare, Lepus nigricollis
- Burmese Hare, Lepus peguensis
- Subgenus Sinolagus
- Chinese Hare, Lepus sinensis
- Subgenus Tarimolagus
- Yarkand Hare, Lepus yarkandensis
- Subgenus incertae sedis
- Japanese Hare, Lepus brachyurus
- Abyssinian Hare, Lepus habessinicus
- Subgenus Macrotolagus
[edit] References
- ^ a b Hoffmann, Robert S.; Andrew T. Smith (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 194-211. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
