Prolagus sardus (Wagner, 1832)

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	Prolagus sardus (Wagner, 1832)
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Prolagus sardus (Wagner, 1832) . Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 1:763 -767.

TYPE LOCALITY: Italy, Sardinia .

DISTRIBUTION: Mediterranean Isis of Corsica ( France) and Sardinia ( Italy); adjacent small islands.

STATUS: IUCN - Extinct.

SYNONYMS: Monotypic.

COMMENTS: Described from fossils, but apparently survived until historic times ( Vigne, 1983) perhaps as late as 1774 ( Kurten, 1968). Reviewed by Dawson (1969).

References

Dawson, M. R. 1969. Osteology of Prolagus sardus, a Quaternary ochotonid (Mammalia, Lagomorpha). Palaeovertebrata, 2: 157 - 190.

Kurten, B. 1968. Pleistocene mammals of Europe. Aldine, Chicago, 317 pp.

Vigne, J. - D. 1983. Le remplacement des faunes de petits mammiferes en Corse, lors de l'arrive de l'homme. Comptes Rendus Seances de la Societe Biogeographique, 59: 41 - 51.