Name
Nuralagus (Minorcan hare).
Phonetic
Noor-ahlay-gus.
Named By
Quintana et al. 2011.
Classification
Chordata, Mammalia, Lagomorpha, Leporidae.
Diet
Herbivore.
Species
Size
Approximately 90 centimetres long. 12 kilograms.
Known locations
Minorca (one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea).
Time Period
Messinian of the Miocene to Piacenzian of the Pliocene.
Fossil representation
Disarticulated remains of several individuals, but enough to provide an accurate reconstruction.
– Nuralagus rex, gen. et sp. nov., an endemic insular giant rabbit from the Neogene of Minorca. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (2): 231–240 – Josep Quintana, Mike Kohler, Salvador Moya-Sola – 2011. – Palaeontology: The giant rabbits of Minorca. – Nature 472: 9 – Meike Kohler – 2011. – Evolutionary History of Lagomorphs in Response to Global Environmental Change. – Plos One. – D. Ge, Z. Wen, L. Xia, Z. Zhang, M. Erbajeva – 2013.
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