Aztlanolagus agilis Russell & Harris, 1986
Aztlán (primitive) rabbit (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
USA & Mexico
Biology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UTEP 1-1202 ("incomplete left dentary")
For a complete hypodigm see (Russell & Harris, 1986)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Russell, Brett D., and Harris, Arthur H. (1986). A new leporine (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) from Wisconsinan deposits of the Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Mammalogy 67(4): 632-9.
Other references:
Harris, Arthur H. (1987). Reconstruction of Mid Wisconsin Environments in Southern New Mexico. National Geographic Research 3(2): 142-151.
Harris, Arthur H. (1993). Quaternary vertebrates of New Mexico, pp. 179-197. In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 2:i-vii, 1-338.
Winkler, A. J., and Y. Tomida. (1988). New records of the small leporid Aztlanolagus agilis Russell and Harris, Leporidae: Leporinae. Southwestern Naturalist 33: 391-6. [Abstract]