Hypolagus

Hypolagus is an extinct genus of Lagomorpha, first recorded in the Hemingfordian (early to middle Miocene) of North America. It enters Asia during the early Turolian and spreads to Europe not much later, where it survives until the Middle Pleistocene. Though unknown in the Iberian Peninsula, fossils of this genus have been found in the Balearic Islands, suggesting an eastern migration during the dry period in the Mediterranean region known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis.^[1]

Species

• H. balearicus - Early Pliocene, Mallorca and possibly Ibiza
• H. beremendensis - Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, Europe
• H. brachygnathus - Late Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene, Europe
• H. gromovi - Late Turolian to Early Ruscinian, Caucasus region
• H. multiplicatus - Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, Baikal region
• H. peregrinus - Early Pleistocene, Sicily
• H. schreuderae - Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, China
• H. transbaicalicus - Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, Baikal region
• H. vetus - Late Miocene, North America ^[2]

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