Prolagus
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| Prolagus | |
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| Prolagus oeningensis fossil | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | †Prolagidae Gureev, 1964 |
| Genus: | †Prolagus Pomel, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Anoema aeningensis König, 1825 |
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Prolagidae is an extinct family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae (rabbits and hares). One genus, Prolagus, is recognised within the family. This family as Prolaginae was previously considered a subfamily of Ochotonidae.[1] Prolagus first appeared in the Early Miocene in Europe, where it survived until historical times. In Africa and Asia, the genus is known from the Miocene and Pliocene.[2]
[edit] Species
The genus Prolagus consists of several prehistoric species.[3] Only one, the Sardinian Pika, survived in historical time.[4]
- Prolagus aeningensis
- Prolagus aguilari
- Prolagus apricenicus
- Prolagus crusafonti
- Prolagus fortis
- Prolagus imperialis
- Prolagus italicus
- Prolagus major
- Prolagus michauxi
- Prolagus oeningensis
- Prolagus osmolskae[5]
- Prolagus praevasconiensis
- Prolagus sardus
- Prolagus schnaitheimensis
- Prolagus sorbinii
- Prolagus tobieni
- Prolagus vasconiensis
[edit] References
- ^ Hoffman, Robert S.; Smith, Andrew T. (16 November 2005). "Order Lagomorpha (pp. 185-211". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 193-194. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ McKenna, M.C.; Bell, S.K.. Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-231-11013-8.
- ^ Angelone, C. (2004). "Messinian Prolagus (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) of Italy". Messinian Online. http://www.messinianonline.it/MSCCorte1.php. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ Nowak, Ronald M. (1999). Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition, volume II. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1936 pp..
- ^ Fostowicz-Frelik, Ł. 2010. A new species of Pliocene Prolagus (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae) from Poland is the northernmost record of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2): 609–612.
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