Rabbits, hares and pikas: herbivorous mammals distinguished from rodents by a second, smaller pair of upper incisors positioned directly behind the main pair. Lagomorpha practices coprophagy, re-ingesting a special soft fecal pellet to extract additional nutrients from tough plant material.
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Living or Extinct Lagomorpha
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Wikidata: Lagomorpha
Lagomorpha (Wikipedia)
In Group: Euarchontoglires Orders, LeadQuote, In Group: Euarchontoglires Orders, Lead
The lagomorphs (; from Ancient Greek λαγώς lagós 'hare' and μορφή morphḗ 'form') are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (rabbits and hares) and the Ochotonidae (pikas).
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