Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 822

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scientific name	Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:58.

TYPE LOCALITY: "in Europa australis" [= Germany] .

DISTRIBUTION: W and S Europe through the Mediterranean region to Morocco and N Algeria; original range probably limited to Iberia and perhaps NW Africa; introduced on all continents except Antarctica and Asia; see Gibb (1990). Worldwide as domesticated forms.

STATUS: The form huxleyi of the Atlantic and Mediterranean isls "may be endangered" ( Gibb, 1990).

SYNONYMS: algirus (Loche, 1858) ; borkumensis Harrison, 1952; brachyotus Trouessart, 1917; campestris (Meyer, 1790) ; cnossius Bate, 1906; fodiens Gray, 1867 ; habetensis Cabrera, 1923; huxleyi Haeckel, 1874 ; kreyenbergi Honigmann, 1913 ; nigripes Bartlett, 1857; oreas Cabrera, 1922; vermicula Gray, 1843 ; vernicularis Thompson, 1837 .

COMMENTS: The specific name is probably based on a feral specimen ( Gibb, 1990).