Prolagus

Taxobox
name = Mediterranean giant pikasMSW3 Hoffmann | pages = 193-194]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Lagomorpha
familia = †Prolagidae
familia_authority = Gureev, 1964
genus = †"Prolagus"
genus_authority = Pomel, 1853
type_species = "Anoema aeningensis"
type_species_authority = König, 1825
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

Prolagidae is an extinct family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae (rabbits and hares). One genus, "Prolagus", is recognised within the family. This family as Prolaginae was previously considered a subfamily of Ochotonidae.

Species

The genus "Prolagus" consists of several prehistoric species.cite web | author = Angelone, C. | year = 2004 | title = Messinian Prolagus (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) of Italy | work = Messinian Online | url = http://www.messinianonline.it/MSCCorte1.php | accessdate = 2008-01-14] Only one, the Sardinian Pika, survived in historical time.cite book | author = Nowak, Ronald M. | year = 1999 | title = Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition, volume II | publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press | pages = 1936 pp.]

* †"Prolagus aeningensis"
* †"Prolagus aguilari"
* †"Prolagus apricenicus"
* †"Prolagus crusafonti"
* †"Prolagus fortis"
* †"Prolagus imperialis"
* †"Prolagus italicus"
* †"Prolagus major"
* †"Prolagus michauxi"
* †"Prolagus oeningensis"
* †"Prolagus praevasconiensis"
* †"Prolagus sardus"
* †"Prolagus schnaitheimensis"
* †"Prolagus sorbinii"
* †"Prolagus tobieni"
* †"Prolagus vasconiensis"

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