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Oryctolagus cuniculus

Description

Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758)

[Lepus] cuniculus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 58.

Type Locality: "in Europa australis" [= Germany; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951].

Vernacular Names: European Rabbit.

Synonyms: Oryctolagus borkumensis Harrison 1952; Oryctolagus campestris (Meyer 1790); Oryctolagus nigripes Bartlett 1857.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. cuniculus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. algirus Loche 1858

Subspecies Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. brachyotus Trouessart 1917

Subspecies Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. cnossius Bate 1906

Subspecies Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. habetensis Cabrera 1923

Subspecies Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. huxleyi Haeckel 1874

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.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); considered a pest species in most areas where it has been introduced.

Discussion: The specific name may be based on a feral specimen (Gibb, 1990).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 185-211 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 205, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Lagomorpha
Family
Leporidae
Genus
Oryctolagus
Species
cuniculus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
  • Cabrera, A. 1923. Sobre algunos ratones Marroquies. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 22: 162 - 170.
  • 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.