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--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Oryctolagus
SPECIES Oryctolagus cuniculus
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 58. | | Common Name: | European Rabbit | | Type Locality: | "in Europa australis" [= Germany; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951]. | | Distribution: | W and S Europe through the Mediterranean region to Morocco and N Algeria; original post-Pleistocene range probably limited to S France, Iberia and NW Africa, but Late Pleistocene records occur from Ireland to Italy, Hungary, and even W Siberia (Kurtén, 1968); introduced on all continents except Antarctica and Asia; see Gibb (1990). Worldwide as domesticated forms. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); considered a pest species in most areas where it has been introduced. | | Comments: | The specific name may be based on a feral specimen (Gibb, 1990). |
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