Lagomorpha

The lagomorphs are the members o the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, o which thare are twa livin faimilies: the Leporidae (maukins an kinnens) an the Ochotonidae (pikas). The name o the order is derived frae the Auncient Greek lagos (λαγώς, "hare") +morphē (μορφή, "form"). Thare are aboot aichty-seiven species o lagomorph, includin aboot twinty-nine species o pika, twinty-aicht species o kinnen an cottontail, an thirty species o maukin.^[2]

Lagomorphs[1] Temporal range: Late Paleocene–recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Clade:	Epitheria
Clade:	Boreoeutheria
Superorder:	Euarchontoglires
(unranked):	Glires
Order:	Lagomorpha Brandt, 1855
Faimilies
Leporidae Ochotonidae Prolagidae †
Range o Lagomorpha

Classification

• Order Lagomorpha Brandt 1885^[1][3]
  • Faimily Leporidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 (kinnens an maukins)
    • Subfamily † Archaeolaginae
      • Genus †Archaeolagus Dice 1917
      • Genus †Hypolagus Dice 1917
      • Genus †Notolagus Wilson 1938
      • Genus †Panolax Cope 1874
    • Subfamily Leporinae Trouessart 1880
      • Genus †Alilepus Dice 1931
      • Genus Brachylagus
      • Genus Bunolagus
      • Genus Caprolagus Blyth 1845
      • Genus Lepus Linnaeus 1758
      • Genus Nesolagus Forsyth Major 1899
      • Genus Oryctolagus Lilljeborg 1874
      • Genus †Nuralagus Lilljeborg 1874
      • Genus Pentalagus Lyon 1904
      • Genus †Pliolagus Kormos 1934
      • Genus †Pliosiwalagus Patnaik 2001
      • Genus Poelagus
      • Genus †Pratilepus Hibbard 1939
      • Genus Pronolagus Lyon 1904
      • Genus Romerolagus Merriam 1896
      • Genus †Serengetilagus Dietrich 1941
      • Genus Sylvilagus Gray 1867
    • Subfamily †Palaeolaginae Dice 1929
      • Tribe †Dasyporcina Gray 1825
        • Genus †Coelogenys Illiger 1811
        • Genus †Agispelagus Argyropulo 1939
        • Genus †Aluralagus Downey 1968
        • Genus †Austrolagomys Stromer 1926
        • Genus †Aztlanolagus Russell & Harris 1986
        • Genus †Chadrolagus Gawne 1978
        • Genus †Gobiolagus Burke 1941
        • Genus †Lagotherium Pictet 1853
        • Genus †Lepoides White 1988
        • Genus †Nekrolagus Hibbard 1939
        • Genus †Ordolagus de Muizon 1977
        • Genus †Paranotolagus Miller & Carranza-Castaneda 1982
        • Genus †Pewelagus White 1984
        • Genus †Pliopentalagus Gureev & Konkova 1964
        • Genus †Pronotolagus White 1991
        • Genus †Tachylagus Storer 1992
        • Genus †Trischizolagus Radulesco & Samson 1967
        • Genus †Veterilepus Radulesco & Samson 1967
        • Tribe incertae sedis
          • Genus †Litolagus Dawson 1958
          • Genus †Megalagus Walker 1931
          • Genus †Mytonolagus Burke 1934
          • Genus †Palaeolagus Leidy 1856
  • Faimily Ochotonidae Thomas 1897 (pikas)
    • Genus †Alloptox Dawson 1961
    • Genus †Amphilagus Tobien 1974
    • Genus †Bellatona Dawson 1961
    • Genus †Cuyamalagus Hutchison & Lindsay 1974
    • Genus †Desmatolagus Matthew & Granger 1923
    • Genus †Gripholagomys Green 1972
    • Genus †Hesperolagomys Clark et al. 1964
    • Genus †Kenyalagomys MacInnes 1953
    • Genus †Lagopsis Schlosser 1894
    • Genus Ochotona Link 1795
    • Genus †Ochotonoides Teilhard de Jardin & Young 1931
    • Genus †Ochotonoma Sen 1998
    • Genus †Oklahomalagus Dalquest et al. 1996
    • Genus †Oreolagus Dice 1917
    • Genus †Piezodus Viret 1929
    • Genus †Russellagus Storer 1970
    • Genus †Sinolagomys Bohlin 1937
    • Genus †Titanomys von Meyer 1843
  • Faimily †Prolagidae Gureev, 1962 (Sardinian pika an ither relatit extinct pika-lik lagomorphs)
    • Genus †Prolagus Pomel 1853
  • Faimily incertae sedis
    • Genus †Eurolagus Lopez Martinez 1977
    • Genus †Hsiuannania Xu 1976
    • Genus †Hypsimylus Zhai 1977
    • Genus †Lushilagus Li 1965
    • Genus †Shamolagus Burke 1941

References

1. Hoffman, R.S.; Smith, A.T. (2005). "Order Lagomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 185–211. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. "lagomorph | mammal". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
3. The Paleobiology Database Lagomorpha entry Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 13 Mey 2010