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Nesolagus is a genus of rabbits [1] containing three species of striped rabbit: the Annamite striped rabbit, the Sumatran striped rabbit, and the extinct species N. sinensis. Overall there is very little known about the genus as a whole, most information coming from the Sumatran rabbit.
The Sumatran striped rabbit weighs 1.5 kg and is between 368 and 417 mm in total length, with a tail 17 mm long, skull length of 67–74 mm, hind foot length of 67–87 mm, and ear length of 34–45 mm. [3] It has black or dark brown stripes on a yellowish grey background that becomes rusty brown towards the rump; the fur on the underparts, on the inside of the legs and below the chin is whitish.
The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that Sporobolus actinocladus is a "Perennial; seeds in October and November. A much esteemed pasture grass of the back country, common on rich loamy soil; stock of all kinds are very fond of it." [14]
The domestic rabbit subspecies of the European rabbit has been domesticated. The 64 extant species of Leporidae are contained within 11 genera . One genus, Lepus , contains 32 species that are collectively referred to as hares; the other eight genera are generally referred to as rabbits, with the majority – 19 species – in Sylvilagus , or ...
European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Large-eared pika (Ochotona macrotis). Lagomorpha is an order of placental mammals, comprising the rabbits, hares, and pikas.Members of this order are called lagomorphs.
Sporobolus virginicus, known by numerous common names including seashore dropseed, [3] marine couch, sand couch, salt couch grass, saltwater couch, coastal rat-tail grass, and nioaka, is a species of grass with a wide distribution.
Sporobolus natalensis is a species of grass native to central and southern Africa. [1] It does not have a distinct established English name, but it is one of the two species of giant rat's tail grasses. In Australia, outside of its native range, it has become a significant environmental weed. [2]
Fossil occurrences of leporids and ochotonids and global environmental change (climate change, C 3 /C 4 plants distribution). [2]The lagomorphs (/ ˈ l æ ɡ ə m ɔː r f /) are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (rabbits and hares) and the Ochotonidae ().