Hypolagus

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Hypolagus
Temporal range: Early Miocene to Middle Pleistocene
Hypolagus peregrinus skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: †Hypolagus
Dice, 1917
Type species
†Hypolagus vetus
Kellogg, 1910
Species

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Hypolagus is an

Messinian Salinity Crisis.[1]

Hypolagus generally shows features intermediate between

hares. Hypolagus balearicus was the smallest species at 1.3–2.7 kg (2.9–6.0 lb) and showed several peculiar features, such as short elbow-to-humerus ratio and robustness of the ulna.[1]

Species

Many species of Hypolagus have been described, including 12 from North America.[2] Some of these species may be synonymous with others.[3]

Restoration of Hypolagus (lower middle left) and other animals of the Haystack Assemblage

North American species

  • Hypolagus arizonensis
  • Hypolagus edensis - Late Pliocene
  • Hypolagus fontinalis
  • Hypolagus furlongi - Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
  • Hypolagus gidleyi - Late Pliocene
  • Hypolagus oregonensis
  • Hypolagus parviplicatus
  • Hypolagus regalis - Late Pliocene
  • Hypolagus ringoldensis - Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene, Ringold Formation, Washington[4]
  • Hypolagus tedfordi- Late Pliocene
  • Hypolagus vetus - Late Miocene[5]
  • Hypolagus voorhiesi - Late Pliocene

Eurasian species

  • Hypolagus balearicus - Early Pliocene, Mallorca and possibly Ibiza
  • Hypolagus brachygnathus - Late Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene, Europe
  • Hypolagus gromovi - Late Turolian to Early Ruscinian, Caucasus region
  • Hypolagus mazegouensis - Late Pliocene, China[6]
  • Hypolagus multiplicatus - Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, Baikal region
  • Hypolagus peregrinus - Early Pleistocene, Sicily
  • Hypolagus petenyii (= H. beremendensis) - Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, Europe[7]
  • Hypolagus schreuderae - Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, China
  • Hypolagus transbaicalicus - Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, Baikal region

References

  1. ^ a b Quintana et al. (2010) "Presence of Hypolagus Dice, 1917 (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) in the Neogene of the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean): Description of Hypolagus balearicus nov. sp.". Geobios 43, 555-567
  2. ^ "Hypolagus". Biolib.
  3. ^ Schultz, Gerald E. (2016). THE RED CORRAL (PROCTOR RANCH) LOCAL FAUNA (PLIOCENE, BLANCAN) OF OLDHAM COUNTY, TEXAS: Bulletin 73 Front Cover GERALD E. SCHULTZTHE RED CORRAL (PROCTOR RANCH) LOCAL FAUNA (PLIOCENE, BLANCAN) OF OLDHAM COUNTY, TEXAS: Bulletin 73. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
  4. ^ Smith, Gerald R.; Morgan, Neil; Gustafson, Eric Paul (2000). "Fishes of the Mio-Pliocene Ringold formation, Washington : Pliocene capture of the Snake River by the Columbia River" (PDF). Museum of Paleontology, the University of Michigan. 32 – via Deep Blue.
  5. ^ William W. Korth;Donald D. De Blieux. (2010). "Rodents and Lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Hemphillian (Late Miocene) of Utah". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (1): 226–235.
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  7. ^ Čermák S. (2009). The Plio-Pleistocene record of Hypolagus (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) from the Czech and Slovak Republics with comments on systematics and classification of the genus. Bulletin of Geosciences, 84 (3): 497-524.
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