Brachylagus coloradoensis
| Brachylagus coloradoensis Temporal range: Early - Mid Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Brachylagus |
| Species: | †B. coloradoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Brachylagus coloradoensis (Ramos, 1999)[1]
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Brachylagus coloradoensis is an extinct species of lagomorph closely related to the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis). Its fossils have been found in Early and Middle Pleistocene deposits in Colorado[2] and Nevada.[3]
Description
[edit]Brachylagus coloradoensis was slightly larger than the living pygmy rabbit. Its enamel patterns show intermediate characteristics between the pygmy rabbit and the extinct genus Hypolagus, which suggests that Brachylagus evolved from the latter.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Brachylagus coloradoensis". Fossilworks.
- ^ Ramos, Colleen N. (1999). "AN IRVINGTONIAN SPECIES OF BRACHYLAGUS (MAMMALIA: LAGOMORPHA) FROM PORCUPINE CAVE, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO". The Great Basin Naturalist. 59 (2): 151–159.
- ^ Jass, Christopher N. (2009-06-22). "Pleistocene lagomorphs from Cathedral Cave, Nevada". PaleoBios. 29 (1). doi:10.5070/P9291021803. ISSN 2373-8189.
- ^ Oliver, George V. (2004). "Status of the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) in Utah". Utah.gov.