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Lepus sp., Hare(s), Jackrabbit(s)

genus Lepus Linnaeus, 1758

• Modern species: late Oligocene - Present (26.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Lagomorpha, family Leporidae

• Distribution
• Quaternary: Fukushima, Okayama
• Pleistocene: Tochigi, Shizuoka, Gifu

• Subtaxa
• L. brachyurus subsp. angustidens