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Oryctolagus

Description

The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) or coney is a species of rabbit native to southwestern Europe (including Spain, Portugal and western France) and to northwest Africa (including Morocco and Algeria). It has been widely introduced elsewhere, often with devastating effects on local biodiversity. However, its decline in its native range (caused by the diseases myxomatosis and rabbit calicivirus, as well as overhunting and habitat loss), has caused the decline of its highly dependent predators, the Iberian lynx and the Spanish imperial eagle. It is known as an invasive species because it has been introduced to countries on all continents with the exception of Antarctica, and has caused many problems within the environment and ecosystems. Feral European rabbits in Australia have had a devastating impact, due in part to the lack of natural predators there.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2436939https://www.gbif.org/species/2436939
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)42183https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42183
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Oryctolagus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
-Duplicidentata
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
subfamilyLeporinaeTrouessart 1880
genusOryctolagusLilljeborg 1874
Scientific NameOryctolagus Lilljeborg, 1874
Name Published InLilljeborg, W. 1874. Sveriges och Norges ryggradsdjur. 1, Däggdjuren, jemte in ledning till ryggradsdjuren. W. Schultz, Upsala. Vol. 1.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Oryctolagussubgenusbelongs to Lepusstated with evidenceBoule and De Villeneuve, 1927
Oryctolagusgenusbelongs to Leporinaestated with evidenceDawson, 1958
Oryctolagusgenusbelongs to Leporidaestated without evidenceCapasso Barbato and Gliozzi, 1995
Oryctolagusgenusbelongs to LeporidaeimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Leporidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level
Common Name(s) European Rabbits, Old World Rabbits
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oryctolagus

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Oryctolagus cuniculus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
European Rabbit312.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Onyctolagus GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Onyctolagus
Cuniculus Meyer, 1790GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Cuniculus
Oryctalagus GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Oryctalagus
Oryctolagus Liljeborg, 1871GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Oryctolagus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1790Cuniculus Meyer p. 52
1874Oryctolagus Lilljeborg
1927Lepus (Oryctolagus) Boule and De Villeneuve p. 80
1958Oryctolagus Dawson p. 60
1995Oryctolagus Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 238
1997Oryctolagus McKenna and Bell

References

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Boule M., De Villeneuve L. (1927) La grotte de l'Observatoire à Monaco, Archives de l'Institut de Paléontologie Humaine Mémoire 1, 1-113
Dawson M. R. (1958) Later Tertiary Leoporidae of North America, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 6, 1-75
Capasso Barbato L., Gliozzi E. (1995) Biochronological and palaeogeographical implications of a well-balanced late Middle Pleistocene fauna from Quisiana-Certosa (Capri, Southern Italy), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 34 2, 235-261
Acevedo,P. (1990) Ectoparasites of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from the Juan Fernandez archipelago - via Phthiraptera.info
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sver. Norg. Rygg., 1, 1874, 417 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Smith, Andrew T., Charlotte H. Johnston, Paulo C., 2018: null. Lagomorphs. Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World. 266. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, D.M (eds) (2005) Mammal Species of the World. 3rd ed. The John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Lilljeborg, W. (1874) Sveriges och Norges ryggradsdjur - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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