Oryctolagus cuniculus
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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).
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Identifiers
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.