Oryctolagini

Cape hare Lepus capensis, photographed by Arno Meintjes.

Belongs within: Leporidae.

The clade Oryctolagini includes the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus and the Lepus hares of Eurasia, Africa and North America. Hares are long-eared and -legged lagomorphs adapted for fast running.

Synapomorphies (from Averianov 1999): Postorbital processes well developed, with both anterior and posterior projections; neural spines of anterior thoracic vertebrae long, more than three times length of vertebra centrum.

<==Oryctolagini
    |--Oryctolagus Lilljeborg 1874 A99
    |    `--O. cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758) K92
    `--Leporini A99
         |--Indolagus Gureev 1964 A99
         `--Lepus Linnaeus 1758 A99
              |--L. aegyptiacus T66
              |--L. alleni IT07
              |--L. americanus B75
              |    |--L. a. americanus B75
              |    `--L. a. phaeonotus Allen 1899 B75
              |--L. arcticus IT07
              |--L. brachyurus Temminck 1845 M76
              |--L. californicus MB86
              |    |--L. c. californicus MB86
              |    |--L. c. asellus Miller 1899 MB86
              |    |--L. c. melanotis Mearns 1890 B75
              |    `--L. c. texianus MB86
              |--L. callotis Wagler 1830 MB86 [incl. L. mexicanus Lichtenstein 1830 G69]
              |--L. capensis IT07
              |--L. castroviejoi IT07
              |--L. comus IT07
              |--L. coreanus IT07
              |--L. corsicanus IT07
              |--L. crawshayi PC06
              |--L. cuniculus T66
              |--L. europaeus AA02
              |--L. fagani IT07
              |--L. flavigularis G69
              |--L. floridanus S69
              |    |--L. f. floridanus S69
              |    `--L. f. sanctidiegi Miller 1899 S69
              |--L. granatensis IT07
              |--L. hainanus IT07
              |--L. insularis IT07
              |--L. isabellinus [incl. L. aethiopicus] T66
              |--L. mandshuricus IT07
              |--L. nigricollis IT07
              |--L. oiostolus IT07
              |--L. othus IT07
              |--L. peguensis IT07
              |--L. saxatilis IT07
              |--L. sinaiticus T66
              |--L. sinensis IT07
              |--L. starcki IT07
              |--L. syriacus T66
              |--L. timidus IT07
              |--L. tolai IT07
              |--L. townsendii B75
              |    |--L. t. townsendii B75
              |    `--L. t. campanius Hollister 1915 [=L. campestris Bachman 1837 non Meyer 1790] B75
              |--L. victoriae IT07
              |--L. whytei BF01
              `--L. yarkandensis IT07

Inorganic: Lepus brachyurus minilorientalus Okamura 1987 O87
           Oryctolagus cuniculus minilorientalus Okamura 1987 O87

*Type species of generic name indicated

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