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Leporidae

Mammal Families

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
Family 2
Geographic Distribution
Worldwide, from desert to tundra, forests, mountains and swampland 2
Member Count Band
10 to 100 Species 3
Era First Appeared
Paleogene 4
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Leporidae
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Source Santa Marta tapeti (Wikipedia)
Scrub hare, Species
Source Cape scrub hare (Wikipedia)
Source Smith's red rock hare (Wikipedia)
Snowshoe hare, Species
Source Snowshoe hare (Wikipedia)
Source Sumatran striped rabbit (Wikidata)
Source Suriname tapeti (Wikipedia)
Swamp rabbit, Species
Source Swamp rabbit (Wikipedia)
Source Tamaulipas jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Source Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Tolai hare, Species
Source Tolai hare (Wikipedia)
Source Tres Marias cottontail (Wikipedia)
Source Venezuelan lowland rabbit (Wikipedia)
Source Volcano rabbit (Wikipedia)
Source White-sided jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Source White-tailed jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Woolly hare, Species
Source Woolly hare (Wikipedia)
Yarkand hare, Species
Source Yarkand hare (Wikipedia)
Yunnan hare, Species
Source Yunnan hare (Wikipedia)

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1. Leporidae (Wikipedia)
over 70 species of extant mammalsView the Source
2. Leporidae - Wikipedia
  • Introduction, sentence 1
    is the family of rabbits and hares
  • Distribution
    Leporids are found worldwide
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3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Leporidae
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"speciesExtantCount": 68
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4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Leporidae
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
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"taxon_name": "Leporidae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 56 ... "early_interval": "Ypresian"
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Wikidata: Leporidae
Wikidata Q25900, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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)
Parent Taxon Of: Pygmy rabbit, Lead
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The pygmy rabbit (Sylvilagus idahoensis) is a rabbit species native to the United States.
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Riverine rabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Riverine rabbit, Lead
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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.
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Hispid hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Hispid hare, Lead
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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.
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Antelope jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Antelope jackrabbit, Lead
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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.
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Arctic hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Arctic hare, Lead
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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.
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Japanese hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Japanese hare, Lead
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The Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus) is a species of hare endemic to Japan.
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Black-tailed jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lead
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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).
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White-sided jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: White-sided jackrabbit, Lead
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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.
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Cape hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Cape hare, Lead
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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.
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Broom hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Broom hare, Lead
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The broom hare (Lepus castroviejoi) (Spanish: liebre de piornal) is a species of hare that is endemic to northern Spain.
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Yunnan hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Yunnan hare, Lead
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The Yunnan hare (Lepus comus) is a medium-sized species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
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Korean hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Korean hare, Lead
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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.
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Corsican hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Corsican hare, Lead
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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.
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Ethiopian hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Ethiopian hare, Lead
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The Ethiopian hare (Lepus fagani) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
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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.
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Granada hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Granada hare, Lead
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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.
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Abyssinian hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Abyssinian hare, Lead
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The Abyssinian hare (Lepus habessinicus) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
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Hainan hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Hainan hare, Lead
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The Hainan hare (Lepus hainanus) is a hare endemic to Hainan Island, China.
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Black jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Black jackrabbit, Lead
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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.
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Manchurian hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Manchurian hare, Lead
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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.
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Woolly hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Woolly hare, Lead
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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.
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Alaskan hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Alaskan hare, Lead
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The Alaskan hare (Lepus othus), also known as the tundra hare, is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
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Burmese hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Burmese hare, Lead
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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.
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Cape scrub hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Scrub hare, Lead
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The Cape scrub hare (Lepus saxatilis) (Afrikaans: ribbokhaas) is a species of hare found in South Africa and Namibia.
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Chinese hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Chinese hare, Lead
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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.
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Ethiopian highland hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Ethiopian highland hare, Lead
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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.
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Desert hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Desert hare, Lead
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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.
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Mountain hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Mountain hare, Lead
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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.
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Tolai hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Tolai hare, Lead
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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.
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White-tailed jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: White-tailed jackrabbit, Lead
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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.
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Indian hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Indian hare, Lead
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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.
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African savanna hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: African savanna hare, Lead
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The African savanna hare (Lepus victoriae) is a mammal species in the family Leporidae, native to Africa.
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Yarkand hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Yarkand hare, Lead
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The Yarkand hare (Lepus yarkandensis) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
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Annamite striped rabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Annamite striped rabbit, Lead
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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.
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Amami rabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Amami rabbit, Lead
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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.
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Bunyoro rabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Bunyoro rabbit, Lead
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The Bunyoro rabbit or Uganda grass hare (Poelagus marjorita) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.
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Natal red rock hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Natal red rock hare, Lead
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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).
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Jameson's red rock hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Jameson's red rock hare, Lead
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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.
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Smith's red rock hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Smith's red rock hare, Lead
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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.
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Hewitt's red rock hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Hewitt's red rock hare, Lead
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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.
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Volcano rabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Volcano rabbit, Lead
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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.
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Andean tapeti (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Andean tapeti, Lead
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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.
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Swamp rabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Swamp rabbit, Lead
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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.
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Desert cottontail (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Desert cottontail, Lead
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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.
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Brush rabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Brush rabbit, Lead
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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.
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Common tapeti (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Common tapeti, Lead
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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.
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Mexican cottontail (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Mexican cottontail, Lead
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The Mexican cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius) is a species of cottontail rabbit that is endemic to southern Mexico.
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Dice's cottontail (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Dice's cottontail, Lead
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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.
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Eastern cottontail (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Eastern cottontail, Lead
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The eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) is a species of rabbit in the family Leporidae.
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Central American tapeti (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Central American tapeti, Lead
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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.
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Tres Marias cottontail (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Tres Marias cottontail, Lead
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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.
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Omilteme cottontail (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Omilteme cottontail, Lead
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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.
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Appalachian cottontail (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Appalachian cottontail, Lead
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The Appalachian cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus) is a species of cottontail rabbit in the family Leporidae.
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Robust cottontail (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Davis Mountains cottontail, Lead
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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.
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Santa Marta tapeti (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Santa Marta tapeti, Lead
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The Santa Marta tapeti (Sylvilagus sanctaemartae) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to the lowlands of northern Colombia.
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Coastal tapeti (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Coastal tapeti, Lead
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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.
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New England cottontail (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: New England cottontail, Lead
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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.
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Venezuelan lowland rabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Venezuelan lowland rabbit, Lead
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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.
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European Rabbit (Wikipedia)
WikipediaParent Taxon Of: European Rabbit, Lead
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The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) or coney is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula and southwestern France.
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Snowshoe hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Snowshoe hare, Lead
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is a species of hare found in North America
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European hare (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: European Hare, Lead
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is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia
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Bogota tapeti (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Bogota tapeti, Lead, family
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is a species of cottontail rabbit related to the common tapeti
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Northern tapeti (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Northern tapeti, Lead, family
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is a species of cottontail rabbit related to the Central American tapeti
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Suriname tapeti (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Suriname tapeti, Lead, family
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is a South American species of cottontail rabbit described in 2017
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Tamaulipas jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Tamaulipas jackrabbit, Lead, family
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is a species of hare endemic to the Gulf Coast of Mexico
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