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Leporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, comprise the lagomorphs, one of the orders of mammals. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs.
Members of all genera except Lepus are usually referred to as rabbits, while members of Lepus (which accounts for almost half the species) are usually called hares. However the distinction between these two common names does not map completely into current taxonomy, since the jackrabbits are members of Lepus, and members of the genera Pronolagus and Caprolagus are sometimes called hares.
Leporids are native across the world except in Oceania where their introduction is an important threat for the native mammals in Australia.
Family Leporidae: rabbits and hares
- Rabbits
- Amami Rabbit/Ryukyu Rabbit, Pentalagus furnessi
- Bushman Rabbit, Bunolagus monticularis
- Sumatra Short-Eared Rabbit, Nesolagus netscheri
- Volcano Rabbit, Romerolagus diazi
- Pygmy Rabbit, Brachylagus idahoensis
- Forest Rabbit, Sylvilagus brasiliensis
- Dice's Cottontail, Sylvilagus dicei
- Brush Rabbit, Sylvilagus bachmani
- San Jose Brush Rabbit, Sylvilagus mansuetus
- Swamp Rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus
- Marsh Rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris
- Eastern Cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus
- New England Cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis
- Mountain Cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii
- Desert Cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii
- Omilteme Cottontail, Sylvilagus insonus
- Mexican Cottontail, Sylvilagus cunicularis
- Tres Marias Rabbit, Sylvilagus graysoni
- European Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus
- Central African Rabbit, Poelagus marjorita
- Hares
- Greater Red Rabbit, Pronolagus crassicaudatus
- Jameson's Red Rabbit, Pronolagus randensis
- Smith's Red Rabbit, Pronolagus rupestris
- Bristly Rabbit/Hispid Hare, Caprolagus hispidus
- Scrub Hare, Lepus saxatilis
- Cape Hare, Lepus capensis
- Abyssinian Hare, Lepus habessinicus
- Ethiopian Highland Hare, Lepus starcki
- European Hare, Lepus europaeus
- Burmese Hare, Lepus peguensis
- Indian Hare, Lepus nigricollis
- Woolly Hare, Lepus oiostolus
- Yunnan Hare, Lepus comus
- Mountain Hare, Lepus timidus
- Snowshoe Hare, Lepus americanus
- Alaskan Hare, Lepus othus
- White-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
- Black Jackrabbit, Lepus insularis
- White-sided Jackrabbit, Lepus callotis
- Tehuantepec Jackrabbit, Lepus flavigularis
- Antelope Jackrabbit, Lepus alleni
- Chinese Hare, Lepus sinensis
- Japanese Hare, Lepus brachyurus
- Manchurian Hare, Lepus mandschuricus
- Yarkand Hare, Lepus yarkandensis
- Broom Hare, Lepus castrovieoi
- Korean Hare, Lepus coreanus
- Corsican Hare, Lepus corsicanus
- Savanna Hare, Lepus crawshayi
- Ethiopian Hare, Lepus fagani
- Granada Hare, Lepus granatensis
- Hainan Hare, Lepus hainanus
- Tolai Hare, Lepus tolai
- African Savanna Hare, Lepus victoriae
- Malawi Hare, Lepus whyteide:Hasen