Oryctolagus cuniculus
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Description
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:58.
TYPE LOCALITY: "in Europa australis" [= Germany].
DISTRIBUTION: W and S Europe through the Mediterranean region to Morocco and N Algeria; original range probably limited to Iberia and perhaps NW Africa; introduced on all continents except Antarctica and Asia; see Gibb (1990). Worldwide as domesticated forms.
STATUS: The form huxleyi of the Atlantic and Mediterranean isls "may be endangered" (Gibb, 1990).
SYNONYMS: algirus (Loche, 1858); borkumensis Harrison, 1952; brachyotus Trouessart, 1917; campestris (Meyer, 1790); cnossius Bate, 1906; fodiens Gray, 1867; habetensis Cabrera, 1923; huxleyi Haeckel, 1874; kreyenbergi Honigmann, 1913; nigripes Bartlett, 1857; oreas Cabrera, 1922; vermicula Gray, 1843; vernicularis Thompson, 1837.
COMMENTS: The specific name is probably based on a feral specimen (Gibb, 1990).
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353088 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/3C58AD3FFFCF0050FFC6C6198C1AFFBC (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Leporidae
- Genus
- Oryctolagus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lagomorpha
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- cuniculus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Hoffmann, 1993
References
- Gibb, J. A. 1990. The European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus. Pp. 116 - 120, in Rabbits, hares and pikas (J. A. Chapman and J. E. C. Flux, eds.). I. U. C. N., Gland, Switzerland, 168 pp.
- Cabrera, A. 1923. Sobre algunos ratones Marroquies. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 22: 162 - 170.
- Gray, J. E. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 216 pp.