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  2. Desert cottontail - Wikipedia

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    The desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), also known as Audubon's cottontail, is a New World cottontail rabbit, and a member of the family Leporidae.Unlike the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), they do not form social burrow systems, but compared with some other leporids, they are extremely tolerant of other individuals in their vicinity.

  3. Hare - Wikipedia

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    Hares are generally larger than rabbits, with longer ears, and have black markings on their fur. Hares, like all leporids, have jointed, or kinetic, skulls, unique among mammals. They have 48 chromosomes, [10] while rabbits have 44. [11] Hares have not been domesticated, while some rabbits are raised for food and kept as pets.

  4. Belgian Hare - Wikipedia

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    The precursors of the Belgian Hare were created in Belgium in the early 18th century, through the crossbreeding of early domestic rabbits with the wild European rabbit. The intent was to create a practical meat rabbit for small livestock. These rabbits were first imported to England in 1874, where they were dubbed the "Belgian Hare".

  5. Leporidae - Wikipedia

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    Both rabbits and hares are almost exclusively herbivorous (although some Lepus species are known to eat carrion), [4] [5] feeding primarily on grasses and herbs, although they also eat leaves, fruit, and seeds of various kinds. Easily digestible food is processed in the gastrointestinal tract and expelled as regular feces.

  6. Macrotis - Wikipedia

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    Macrotis is a genus of desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores known as bilbies or rabbit-bandicoots; [3] they are members of the order Peramelemorphia. At the time of European colonisation of Australia, there were two species. The lesser bilby became extinct in the 1950s; the greater bilby survives but remains endangered. It is currently listed as ...

  7. List of mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats) Subfamily: Pteropodinae. Genus: Casinycteris. Short-palated fruit bat, Casinycteris argynnis NT; Genus: Eidolon. Straw-coloured fruit bat, Eidolon helvum LC; Genus: Epomophorus. Peters's epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus crypturus LC; Gambian epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus gambianus LC

  8. African savanna hare - Wikipedia

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    The African savanna hare is a medium-sized species growing to a length of between 41 and 58 cm (16 and 23 in) with a weight of between 1.5 and 3 kilograms (3.3 and 6.6 lb).

  9. Lagomorpha - Wikipedia

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    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 ().