Brachylagus
| Brachylagus Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent
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| Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Brachylagus Miller, 1900 |
| Type species | |
| Brachylagus idahoensis Merriam, 1891
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Brachylagus is a genus of lagomorph that contains the smallest living leporid, the pygmy rabbit.[1] One extinct species, Brachylagus coloradoensis, is also known.[2]
References[]
- ^ 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. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Ramos, Colleen N. (1999). "AN IRVINGTONIAN SPECIES OF BRACHYLAGUS (MAMMALIA: LAGOMORPHA) FROM PORCUPINE CAVE, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO". The Great Basin Naturalist. 59 (2): 151–159.
Categories:
- Mammal genera
- Mammal genera with one living species
- Leporidae