Leporidae

Leporidae is a mammal family in the order Lagomorpha. It has about 60 species of rabbits and hares. The animals of the family Leporidae are called Leporids. The names "rabbit" and "hare" are not names of separate biological groups, but are "randomly" given to different leporid species.

Rabbits and hares Temporal range: Late Eocene – Recent
Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Genera
Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Caprolagus Pronolagus Lepus

European Hare (Lepus europaeus).

Taxonomy

• Family Leporidae
  • Genus Brachylagus
    • Pygmy Rabbit, Brachylagus idahoensis
  • Genus Bunolagus
    • Riverine Rabbit, Bunolagus monticularis
  • Genus Caprolagus
    • Hispid Hare, Caprolagus hispidus
  • Genus Lepus (true hares, ca. 30 species)
    • Antelope Jackrabbit, Lepus alleni
    • Cape Hare, Lepus capensis
    • European Hare, Lepus europaeus
    • Granada Hare, Lepus granatensis
    • Mountain Hare, Lepus timidus
    • White-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
  • Genus Nesolagus
    • Annamite Striped Rabbit, Nesolagus timminsi
    • Sumatran Striped Rabbit, Nesolagus netscheri
  • Genus Oryctolagus
    • European Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (includes the domestic rabbit)
  • Genus Pentalagus
    • Amami Rabbit, Pentalagus furnessi
  • Genus Poelagus
    • Bunyoro Rabbit, Poelagus marjorita
  • Genus Pronolagus
    • Natal Red Rock Hare, Pronolagus crassicaudatus
    • Jameson's Red Rock Hare, Pronolagus randensis
    • Smith's Red Rock Hare, Pronolagus rupestris
  • Genus Romerolagus
    • Volcano Rabbit, Romerolagus diazi
  • Genus Sylvilagus (Cottontail rabbits, ca. 14 species)
    • Swamp Rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus
    • Brush Rabbit, Sylvilagus bachmani
    • Tapeti, Sylvilagus brasiliensis

Leporidae Media

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  Skeleton of Alaskan Hare on display at the Museum of Osteology.

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  Serengetilagus praecapensis skull, Naturkundemuseum, Berlin

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  Wild animals of North America, intimate studies of big and little creatures of the mammal kingdom (Page 511) (Sylvilagus palustris)

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  Lepus cuniculus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica -(white background)

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  Lepus timidus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica -(white background)