Leporidae Fischer, 1817

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 813

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scientific name	Leporidae Fischer, 1817
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Family Leporidae Fischer, 1817 View in CoL . Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow, 5:372.

SYNONYMS: Leporinorum Fischer, 1817.

COMMENTS: Often divided into subfamilies Paleolaginae ( Pentalagus , Pronolagus , Romerolagus ) and Leporinae (remaining genera) ( Dice, 1929; Simpson, 1945), but no subfamilies were recognized by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). For basis of genera recognized here, see Corbet (1983).