Brachylagus

Genus of mammals

Brachylagus
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent
Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Brachylagus
Miller, 1900
Type species
Lepus idahoensis[1]
Merriam, 1891
Species
  • Brachylagus idahoensis
  • Brachylagus coloradoensis

Brachylagus (/brækilæɡəs/) is a genus of lagomorph that contains the smallest living leporid, the pygmy rabbit.[2] One extinct species, Brachylagus coloradoensis, is also known.[3]

References

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Hoffman, R.S.; Smith, A.T. (2005). "Brachylagus idahoensis". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Ramos, Colleen N. (1999). "An Irvingtonian species of Brachylagus (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) from Porcupine Cave, Park County, Colorado". The Great Basin Naturalist. 59 (2): 151–159.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Extant Lagomorpha species
Family Ochotonidae (Pikas)
Ochotona
  • Subgenus Pika: Alpine pika (O. alpina)
  • Helan Shan pika (O. argentata)
  • Collared pika (O. collaris)
  • Korean pika (O. coreana)
  • Hoffmann's pika (O. hoffmanni)
  • Northern pika (O. hyperborea)
  • Manchurian pika (O. mantchurica)
  • Kazakh pika (O. opaca)
  • Pallas's pika (O. pallasi)
  • American pika (O. princeps)
  • Turuchan pika (O. turuchanensis)
  • Subgenus Ochotona: Gansu pika (O. cansus)
  • Plateau pika (O. curzoniae)
  • Daurian pika (O. dauurica)
  • Nubra pika (O. nubrica)
  • Steppe pika (O. pusilla)
  • Qionglai pika (O. qionglaiensis)
  • Afghan pika (O. rufescens)
  • Sijin pika (O. sikimaria)
  • Tsing-ling pika (O. syrinx)
  • Moupin pika (O. thibetana)
  • Thomas's pika (O. thomasi)
  • Subgenus Conothoa: Chinese red pika (O. erythrotis)
  • Forrest's pika (O. forresti)
  • Glover's pika (O. gloveri)
  • Ili pika (O. iliensis)
  • Koslov's pika (O. koslowi)
  • Ladak pika (O. ladacensis)
  • Large-eared pika (O. macrotis)
  • Royle's pika (O. roylei)
  • Turkestan red pika (O. rutila)
  • Subgenus Alienauroa: Yellow pika (O. huanglongensis)
  • Sacred pika (O. sacraria)
  • Flat-headed pika (O. flatcalvariam)
Family Leporidae (Rabbits and Hares)
Pentalagus
  • Amami rabbit (P. furnessi)
Bunolagus
  • Riverine rabbit (B. monticularis)
Nesolagus
  • Sumatran striped rabbit (N. netscheri)
  • Annamite striped rabbit (N. timminsi)
Romerolagus
  • Volcano rabbit (R. diazi)
Brachylagus
  • Pygmy rabbit (B. idahoensis)
Sylvilagus
(Cottontail rabbits)
  • Subgenus Tapeti: Andean tapeti (S. andinus)
  • Bogota tapeti (S. apollinaris)
  • Swamp rabbit (S. aquaticus)
  • Common tapeti (S. brasiliensis)
  • Ecuadorian tapeti (S. daulensis)
  • Dice's cottontail (S. dicei)
  • Fulvous tapeti (S. fulvescens)
  • Central American tapeti (S. gabbi)
  • Northern tapeti (S. incitatus)
  • Omilteme cottontail (S. insonus)
  • Nicefor's tapeti (S. nicefori)
  • Marsh rabbit (S. palustris)
  • Suriname tapeti (S. parentum)
  • Colombian tapeti (S. salentus)
  • Santa Marta tapeti (S. sanctaemartae)
  • Western tapeti (S. surdaster)
  • Coastal tapeti (S. tapetillus)
  • Venezuelan lowland rabbit (S. varynaensis)
  • Subgenus Sylvilagus: Desert cottontail (S. audubonii)
  • Mexican cottontail (S. cunicularis)
  • Eastern cottontail (S. floridanus)
  • Tres Marias rabbit (S. graysoni)
  • Mountain cottontail (S. nuttallii)
  • Appalachian cottontail (S. obscurus)
  • Robust cottontail (S. holzneri)
  • New England cottontail (S. transitionalis)
  • Subgenus Microlagus: Brush rabbit (S. bachmani)
Oryctolagus
  • European rabbit (O. cuniculus)
Poelagus
  • Bunyoro rabbit (P. marjorita)
Pronolagus
(Red rock hares)
  • Natal red rock hare (P. crassicaudatus)
  • Jameson's red rock hare (P. randensis)
  • Smith's red rock hare (P. rupestris)
  • Hewitt's red rock hare (P. saundersiae)
Caprolagus
  • Hispid hare (C. hispidus)
Lepus
(Hares)
  • Subgenus Macrotolagus: Antelope jackrabbit (L. alleni)
  • Subgenus Poecilolagus: Snowshoe hare (L. americanus)
  • Subgenus Lepus: Arctic hare (L. arcticus)
  • Alaskan hare (L. othus)
  • Mountain hare (L. timidus)
  • Subgenus Proeulagus:
  • Black jackrabbit (L. insularis)
  • Desert hare (L. tibetanus)
  • Tolai hare (L. tolai)
  • Subgenus Eulagos: Broom hare (L. castroviejoi)
  • Yunnan hare (L. comus)
  • Korean hare (L. coreanus)
  • European hare (L. europaeus)
  • Manchurian hare (L. mandshuricus)
  • Ethiopian highland hare (L. starcki)
  • Subgenus Sabanalagus: Ethiopian hare (L. fagani)
  • African savanna hare (L. victoriae)
  • Subgenus Indolagus: Hainan hare (L. hainanus)
  • Indian hare (L. nigricollis)
  • Burmese hare (L. peguensis)
  • Subgenus Sinolagus: Chinese hare (L. sinensis)
  • Subgenus Tarimolagus: Yarkand hare (L. yarkandensis)
  • Subgenus incertae sedis: Tamaulipas jackrabbit (L. altamirae)
  • Japanese hare (L. brachyurus)
  • Black-tailed jackrabbit (L. californicus)
  • White-sided jackrabbit (L. callotis)
  • Cape hare (L. capensis)
  • Corsican hare (L. corsicanus)
  • Tehuantepec jackrabbit (L. flavigularis)
  • Granada hare (L. granatensis)
  • Abyssinian hare (L. habessinicus)
  • Woolly hare (L. oiostolus)
  • Scrub hare (L. saxatilis)
  • White-tailed jackrabbit (L. townsendii)
  • v
  • t
  • e
Genera of rabbits, pikas and their extinct relatives
Ochotonidae
  • Alloptox
  • Amphilagus
  • Bellatona
  • Cuyamalagus
  • Desmatolagus
  • Gripholagomys
  • Hesperolagomys
  • Kenyalagomys
  • Lagopsis
  • Ochotona
  • Ochotonoides
  • Ochotonoma
  • Oklahomalagus
  • Oreolagus
  • Piezodus
  • Prolagus
  • Russellagus
  • Sinolagomys
  • Titanomys
Leporidae
    • See below ↓
Prolagus sardus
Archaeolaginae
Leporinae
Palaeolaginae
Dasyporcina
  • Agispelagus
  • Aluralagus
  • Austrolagomys
  • Aztlanolagus
  • Chadrolagus
  • Coelogenys
  • Gobiolagus
  • Lagotherium
  • Lepoides
  • Nekrolagus
  • Ordolagus
  • Paranotolagus
  • Pewelagus
  • Pliopentalagus
  • Pronotolagus
  • Tachylagus
  • Trischizolagus
  • Veterilepus
Nuralagus rex
Taxon identifiers
Brachylagus