Pliopentalagus agilis (Russell & Harris, 1986)
Aztlán (primitive) rabbit (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Aztlanolagus agilis Russell & Harris, 1986
Aztlanolagus was reduced to synonymy under Pliopentalagus, with A. agilis considered a valid taxon, and recombined as P. agilis by (Tomida et al., 2024).
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
USA & Mexico
Biology & Ecology
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): 632-639.
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.
Jass, Christopher N. (2022). Re-evaluation of some Quaternary small mammal records from Smith Creek Canyon, Nevada. In: Morgan, Gary S. et al. (eds.). Late Cenozoic Vertebrate Paleontology: Tribute to Arthur H. Harris. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 88: 331-342.
Morgan, Gary S. (2022). Arthur H. Harris–a man of many talents: mammalogist, paleontologist, paleoecologist, zooarchaeologist. In: Morgan, Gary S. et al. (eds.). Late Cenozoic Vertebrates from the American Southwest: A Tribute to Arthur H. Harris. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 88: 1-9.
Tomida, Y., Jin, Ch.-Z., Winkler, A. J. and Oshima, M. (2024). Aztlanolagus revisited and the dynamic evolution of Pliopentalagus (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) in the Holarctic region. Fossil Imprint 80(2): 229-238.
Winkler, A. J., and Y. Tomida. (1988). New records of the small leporid Aztlanolagus agilis Russell and Harris, Leporidae: Leporinae. Southwestern Naturalist 33: 391-396.