Lagomorpha
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Lagomorpha is a group of mammals that includes rabbits, hares, and pikas, whose fossil record provides scientists with clues about how climate and plant life have changed across Earth's history. By studying where these animals lived in the past, researchers can better understand the connections between environmental changes and the evolution of animal life.
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17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Taxonomy and evolutionary history
- Characteristics
- Differences between lagomorphs and other mammals
- Differences between families of lagomorphs
- Pikas
- Hares
- Rabbits
- Distribution
- Biology
- Digestion
- Birth and early life
- Sociality and safety
- Classification
- Recent genera
- Fossil genera
- References
thumb|225px|Fossil occurrences of leporids and ochotonids and global environmental change (climate change, C3/C4 plants distribution)
The lagomorphs (; ) are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (rabbits and hares) and the Ochotonidae (pikas). There are 110 recent species of lagomorph, of which 109 species in twelve genera are extant, including ten genera of rabbits (42 species), one genus of hare (33 species), and one genus of pika (34 species); and in which one monospecific genus is recently extinct, that of the Sardinian pika.