Nesolagus sinensis
Extinct species of rabbit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nesolagus sinensis is a fossil species of striped rabbit (genus Nesolagus) from the early Middle Pleistocene "Gigantopithecus fauna" of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is believed to be ancestral to the living members of the genus, and to have evolved from the Miocene genus Alilepus.[1] It is the first fossil taxon in its genus, and the only leporid in the Gigantopithecus fauna.[2]
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Nesolagus sinensis[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Lagomorpha |
Family: | Leporidae |
Genus: | Nesolagus |
Species: | †N. sinensis |
Binomial name | |
†Nesolagus sinensis Jin, Tomida & Wang et al 2010 | |
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