Alilepus

Alilepus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	†Alilepus; Dice, 1931
Type species
	Alilepus annectens; (Schlosser, 1924)
Synonyms
	Veterilepus Radulesco & Samson, 1967;

Alilepus is an extinct genus of rabbit from the Miocene to Pliocene of North America and Eurasia. The type species is Alilepus annectens, which had previously been described as Lepus annectens in 1924. Alilepus may be a direct ancestor of the extant striped rabbit, Nesolagus.¹

Species

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Alilepus laskarewi (=Lepus laskarewi; sometimes spelled lascarevi, lascarewi, or laskarevi)
Alilepus hungaricus (=Veterilepus hungaricus)
Alilepus ucrainicus
Alilepus turolensis
Alilepus meini
Alilepus longisinuosus
Alilepus lii
Alilepus elongatus
Alilepus hibbardi
Alilepus vagus? (=Pratilepus vagus)
Alilepus zhoukoudianensis?

References

Jin, ChangZu; Yukimitsu Tomida; Yuan Wang; YingQi Zhang (1 August 2010). "First discovery of fossil Nesolagus (Leporidae Lagomorpha)". Science China Earth Sciences. 53 (8): 1134–1140. doi:10.1007/s11430-010-4010-3. S2CID 88422971.
"New Late Miocene Alilepus (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from Eastern Europe – a new light on the evolution of the earliest Old World Leporinae". Bulletin of Geosciences.

[Jin_et_al-1] Jin, ChangZu; Yukimitsu Tomida; Yuan Wang; YingQi Zhang (1 August 2010). "First discovery of fossil Nesolagus (Leporidae Lagomorpha)". Science China Earth Sciences. 53 (8): 1134–1140. doi:10.1007/s11430-010-4010-3. S2CID 88422971.

[2] "New Late Miocene Alilepus (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from Eastern Europe – a new light on the evolution of the earliest Old World Leporinae". Bulletin of Geosciences.

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