Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, in the order Lagomorpha, comprising numerous genera distributed naturally across most continents. The family includes the genus Oryctolagus, whose single species, the European rabbit, is the ancestor of the domestic rabbit and has been introduced widely around the world.
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Taxonomic Rank Geographic DistributionWorldwide, from desert to tundra, forests, mountains and swampland 2 Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
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Introduction, sentence 1
is the family of rabbits and hares
Distribution
Leporids are found worldwide
View the Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Leporidae
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"speciesExtantCount": 68
View the Source 4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Leporidae
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"taxon_name": "Leporidae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 56 ... "early_interval": "Ypresian"
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Mountain Cottontail (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Mountain Cottontail, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Marsh rabbit (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Marsh rabbit, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Sumatran striped rabbit (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Sumatran striped rabbit, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Pygmy rabbit (Wikipedia)
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The pygmy rabbit (Sylvilagus idahoensis) is a rabbit species native to the United States.
View the Source Riverine rabbit (Wikipedia)
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The riverine rabbit (Bunolagus monticularis), also known as the bushman rabbit or bushman hare, is a species of rabbit that lives among patches of thick vegetation in the Karoo of South Africa's Western and Northern Cape provinces.
View the Source Hispid hare (Wikipedia)
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The hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus), also known as the Assam rabbit and bristly rabbit, is a species of rabbit native to South Asia.
View the Source Antelope jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
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The antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni), also known as Allen's hare, is a species of North American hare in the family Leporidae found in southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico.
View the Source Arctic hare (Wikipedia)
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The Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) is a species of hare highly adapted to living in the Arctic tundra and other icy biomes.
View the Source Japanese hare (Wikipedia)
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The Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus) is a species of hare endemic to Japan.
View the Source Black-tailed jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
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The black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), also known as the American desert hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico, where it is found at elevations from sea level up to 10,000 ft (3,000 m).
View the Source White-sided jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
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The white-sided jackrabbit (Lepus callotis) (Spanish: liebre torda), also known as the Mexican hare, beautiful-eared jackrabbit, Gaillard jackrabbit, or snow sides, is a medium-sized hare native to the United States and Mexico.
View the Source Cape hare (Wikipedia)
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The Cape hare (Lepus capensis), also called the brown hare and the desert hare, is a hare native to Africa and Arabia extending into India.
View the Source Broom hare (Wikipedia)
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The broom hare (Lepus castroviejoi) (Spanish: liebre de piornal) is a species of hare that is endemic to northern Spain.
View the Source Yunnan hare (Wikipedia)
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The Yunnan hare (Lepus comus) is a medium-sized species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
View the Source Korean hare (Wikipedia)
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The Korean hare (Lepus coreanus) (Korean: 멧토끼, 산토끼, romanized: mettokki, santokki; Chinese: 高丽兎; pinyin: gāolí tù) is a species of hare native to the Korean Peninsula and adjoining parts of northeastern China.
View the Source Corsican hare (Wikipedia)
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The Corsican hare (Lepus corsicanus), also known as the Apennine hare or Italian hare, is a species of hare found in Southern Italy, Central Italy, and Corsica.
View the Source Ethiopian hare (Wikipedia)
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The Ethiopian hare (Lepus fagani) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
View the Source Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
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The Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis) (Spanish: liebre de Tehuantepec) is a medium-sized species of hare in the family Leporidae that is endemic to eastern Oaxaca, Mexico.
View the Source Granada hare (Wikipedia)
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The Granada hare (Lepus granatensis), also known as the Iberian hare (Spanish: liebre Ibérica), is a species of hare that is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and the island of Mallorca.
View the Source Abyssinian hare (Wikipedia)
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The Abyssinian hare (Lepus habessinicus) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
View the Source Hainan hare (Wikipedia)
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The Hainan hare (Lepus hainanus) is a hare endemic to Hainan Island, China.
View the Source Black jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
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The black jackrabbit (Lepus insularis) (Spanish: liebre negra), also known as the black hare or Espiritu Santo jackrabbit (Spanish: liebre de Espíritu Santo), is a species of hare native to Mexico.
View the Source Manchurian hare (Wikipedia)
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The Manchurian hare (Lepus mandshuricus) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae found in northeastern China and Russia, the Amur River basin, and possibly the mountains of northern North Korea.
View the Source Woolly hare (Wikipedia)
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The woolly hare (Lepus oiostolus) (Chinese: 高原兔; pinyin: Gaoyuan tu) is a thick-furred species of hare found in the montane grasslands of western and central China, northern India, and Nepal.
View the Source Alaskan hare (Wikipedia)
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The Alaskan hare (Lepus othus), also known as the tundra hare, is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
View the Source Burmese hare (Wikipedia)
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The Burmese hare (Lepus peguensis), also known as the Siamese hare, is a species of medium-sized hare found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
View the Source Cape scrub hare (Wikipedia)
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The Cape scrub hare (Lepus saxatilis) (Afrikaans: ribbokhaas) is a species of hare found in South Africa and Namibia.
View the Source Chinese hare (Wikipedia)
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The Chinese hare (Lepus sinensis) (Chinese: 华南兔; pinyin: huá nán tù) is a coarse-furred species of hare found in southeastern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
View the Source Ethiopian highland hare (Wikipedia)
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The Ethiopian highland hare (Lepus starcki) or Starck's hare is a medium-sized species of mammal in the rabbit and hare family, Leporidae.
View the Source Desert hare (Wikipedia)
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The desert hare (Lepus tibetanus) is a species of hare found in Central Asia, Northwest China, and the western Indian subcontinent.
View the Source Mountain hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Mountain hare, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Mountain hare, Lead
The mountain hare or arctic hare (Lepus timidus), also known as blue hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare, snow hare, alpine hare, and Irish hare, is a species of hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats in the Palearctic realm.
View the Source Tolai hare (Wikipedia)
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The tolai hare (Lepus tolai) is a species of hare native to Central Asia, including much of Mongolia, eastern Iran, Afghanistan, southern Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and North and Central China.
View the Source White-tailed jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
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The white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the prairie hare and the white jack, is a species of hare found in western North America.
View the Source Indian hare (Wikipedia)
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The Indian hare (Lepus nigricollis), also known as the black-naped hare, is a common species of hare native to the Indian subcontinent, and Java.
View the Source African savanna hare (Wikipedia)
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The African savanna hare (Lepus victoriae) is a mammal species in the family Leporidae, native to Africa.
View the Source Yarkand hare (Wikipedia)
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The Yarkand hare (Lepus yarkandensis) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
View the Source Annamite striped rabbit (Wikipedia)
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The Annamite striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi) is a species of rabbit native to the Annamite mountain range on the Laos-Vietnam border.
View the Source Amami rabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Amami rabbit, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Amami rabbit, Lead
The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit, is a dark-furred species of rabbit which is found only on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima, two small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Japan.
View the Source Bunyoro rabbit (Wikipedia)
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The Bunyoro rabbit or Uganda grass hare (Poelagus marjorita) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
View the Source Natal red rock hare (Wikipedia)
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The Natal red rock hare or greater red rock hare (Pronolagus crassicaudatus) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae (rabbits and hares).
View the Source Jameson's red rock hare (Wikipedia)
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Jameson's red rock hare (Pronolagus randensis) is a species of rabbit in the family Leporidae found in rocky habitats in Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, and Mozambique.
View the Source Smith's red rock hare (Wikipedia)
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Smith's red rockhare, Smith's red rock hare or Smith's red rock rabbit (Pronolagus rupestris) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae (rabbits and hares), and is the smallest member of the genus Pronolagus.
View the Source Hewitt's red rock hare (Wikipedia)
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Hewitt's red rock hare (Pronolagus saundersiae) is a species of rabbit in the family Leporidae found in South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho.
View the Source Volcano rabbit (Wikipedia)
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The volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) (Spanish: conejo de los volcanes), also known as the teporingo or zacatuche, is a species of small rabbit that lives in pine and alder forests on volcanic slopes in Mexico.
View the Source Andean tapeti (Wikipedia)
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The Andean tapeti (Sylvilagus andinus) or Andean cottontail is a species of cottontail rabbit native to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador.
View the Source Swamp rabbit (Wikipedia)
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The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), also known as the cane cutter, swamper, or cane jake, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States.
View the Source Desert cottontail (Wikipedia)
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The desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), also known as Audubon's cottontail, is a New World cottontail rabbit, and a member of the family Leporidae.
View the Source Brush rabbit (Wikipedia)
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The brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani), or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula.
View the Source Common tapeti (Wikipedia)
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The common tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis), also known as the Brazilian cottontail, forest cottontail, or (formerly) simply tapeti is a species of cottontail rabbit.
View the Source Mexican cottontail (Wikipedia)
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The Mexican cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius) is a species of cottontail rabbit that is endemic to southern Mexico.
View the Source Dice's cottontail (Wikipedia)
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Dice's cottontail (Sylvilagus dicei) is a species of cottontail rabbit that is native to the Cordillera de Talamanca mountain range in Costa Rica and Panama.
View the Source Eastern cottontail (Wikipedia)
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The eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) is a species of rabbit in the family Leporidae.
View the Source Central American tapeti (Wikipedia)
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The Central American tapeti (Sylvilagus gabbi) or Gabb's cottontail is a species of cottontail rabbit native to southern Mexico and much of Central America.
View the Source Tres Marias cottontail (Wikipedia)
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The Tres Marias cottontail or Tres Marias rabbit (Sylvilagus graysoni) is a medium-sized species of rabbit that is endemic to the Islas Marías in Mexico.
View the Source Omilteme cottontail (Wikipedia)
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The Omilteme cottontail (Sylvilagus insonus), or Omiltemi cottontail (Spanish: conejo de Omiltemi), is a species of cottontail rabbit in the family Leporidae found only in the Mexican state of Guerrero in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range.
View the Source Appalachian cottontail (Wikipedia)
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The Appalachian cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus) is a species of cottontail rabbit in the family Leporidae.
View the Source Robust cottontail (Wikipedia)
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The Davis Mountains cottontail, robust cottontail or Holzner's cottontail (Sylvilagus holzneri) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to high-altitude regions of the southwestern United States and western Mexico.
View the Source Santa Marta tapeti (Wikipedia)
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The Santa Marta tapeti (Sylvilagus sanctaemartae) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to the lowlands of northern Colombia.
View the Source Coastal tapeti (Wikipedia)
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The coastal tapeti (Sylvilagus tapetillus), also known as the Rio de Janeiro dwarf cottontail or dwarf tapeti, is a species of cottontail rabbit native to Brazil.
View the Source New England cottontail (Wikipedia)
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The New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis), also known as the gray rabbit, brush rabbit, wood hare, wood rabbit, or cooney, is a species of cottontail rabbit that appears in fragmented populations across New England and the state of New York, specifically from southern Maine to southern New York.
View the Source Venezuelan lowland rabbit (Wikipedia)
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The Venezuelan lowland rabbit (Sylvilagus varynaensis) (Spanish: conejo de monte), also known as the Barinas wild rabbit (Spanish: conejo de Barinas), is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western Venezuela.
View the Source European Rabbit (Wikipedia)
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The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) or coney is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula and southwestern France.
View the Source Snowshoe hare (Wikipedia)
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is a species of hare found in North America
View the Source European hare (Wikipedia)
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is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia
View the Source Bogota tapeti (Wikipedia)
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is a species of cottontail rabbit related to the common tapeti
View the Source Northern tapeti (Wikipedia)
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is a species of cottontail rabbit related to the Central American tapeti
View the Source Suriname tapeti (Wikipedia)
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is a South American species of cottontail rabbit described in 2017
View the Source Tamaulipas jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
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is a species of hare endemic to the Gulf Coast of Mexico
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