Brachylagus
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent
Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Brachylagus
Miller, 1900
Type species
Lepus idahoensis[1]
Merriam, 1891
Species

Brachylagus (/brækilæɡəs/) is a genus of lagomorph that contains the smallest living leporid, the pygmy rabbit.[2] One extinct species, Brachylagus coloradoensis, is also known.[3]

References

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Hoffman, R.S.; Smith, A.T. (2005). "Brachylagus idahoensis". 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.
  3. ^ 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.
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