LEPORIDAE, Fischer, 1817
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6625539 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6625366 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03822308-B747-FFF9-FE64-FE72F7EFF29B |
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Carolina |
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LEPORIDAE |
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Family LEPORIDAE View in CoL
(HARES AND RABBITS)
• Small to medium-sized lagomorphs with short fluffy tails, soft thick pelage, and large eyes; ears project upward; hindlimbs longer than forelimbs.
• 23-68 cm. View Figure
• Holarctic, Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, and Neotropical Regions. View Figure
• Forests, shrubby areas, grasslands, deserts, tundra, alpine slopes, and agricultural landscapes up to 5400 m.
• 11 genera, 63 species, 269 taxa.
• 2 species Critically Endangered; 7 species Endangered; b species Vulnerable; no species Extinct since 1600.
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