Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Synonym: Allolagus Dice 1929
Parent taxon: Leporinae according to M. R. Dawson 1958
See also Alroy 2002, Fejfar 1961, McKenna and Bell 1997 and White 1991
Sister taxa: Brachylagus, Caprolagus, Lepus, Nesolagus, Oryctolagus, Pentalagus, Pliolagus, Pliosiwalagus, Pratilepus, Pronolagus, Romerolagus, Serengetilagus
Subtaxa: Alilepus browni Alilepus dietrichi Alilepus hibbardi Alilepus vagus Alilepus wilsoni
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Spain (1 collection), United States (2: Arizona, Kansas)
• Blancan of United States (12: Arizona, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Nebraska, Tennessee)
• Miocene of China (8), Greece (2), Kenya (2), Moldova (1), Pakistan (1), United States (5: California, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota)
Total: 40 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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