The PEDIGREE of
Genus Lepus (Hares & Jackrabbits)

     (hares differ from rabbits in several ways: they have jointed skulls, precocial infants, 48 chromosomes rather than 44, etc.)

 "Child(ren)":       Antelope jackrabbit   ;   Subgenus Eulagos   ;   Poecilolagus (snowshoe hare)   ;   Lepus (Arctic hare etc.)   ;   Proeulagus (black-tailed jackrabbit : scrub hare etc.)   ;   Sabanalagus (Ethiopian hare etc.)   ;   Indolagus (Indian hare etc.)   ;   Sinolagus (Chinese hare)   ;   Tarimolagus (Yarkand hare)   ;   etc.   ;   32 species altogether
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/-- Epiclass of Therapsids   +====> [ 90]
/-- Suborder Cynodontia
/-- Infraorder Eucynodontia
/-- Superfamily Chiniquodontoidea
/-- Class Mammalia  (180? M BC)
/-- Subclass Theriiformes (Therial Mammals)
/-- Clade Holotheria
/-- Infraclass Eutheria (Placental Mammals)
/-- Subcohort Exafroplacentalia
/-- Superlegion Boreoeutheria (mammals from Laurasia Supercontinent)
/-- Legion of Euarchontoglires  (70 M BC)
/-- Superorder of Glires
/-- Order Lagomorpha (Pikas, Hares & Rabbits)
/-- Family Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
/-- Subfamily Leporinae (Rabbits & Hares)
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- Genus Lepus (Hares & Jackrabbits)
 

 
  ``Grandchild:''       European Hare
 

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