Afrolagus

Afrolagus; Temporal range: Piacenzian–Gelasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	† Afrolagus
Species:	†A. pomeli
Binomial name
	†Afrolagus pomeli; Sen & Geraads, 2023

Last updated October 24, 2025

Afrolagus is an extinct genus of leporid that lived in the Maghreb during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.

Distribution

Afrolagus pomeli is known from the fossil site of Ahl al Oughlam in Morocco.^[1]

References

↑ Sen, Sevket; Geraads, Denis (3 February 2023). "Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the Pliocene-Pleistocene locality of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 103 (3): 633–661. doi:10.1007/s12549-022-00569-5. ISSN 1867-1594 . Retrieved 22 October 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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[1] Sen, Sevket; Geraads, Denis (3 February 2023). "Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the Pliocene-Pleistocene locality of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 103 (3): 633–661. doi:10.1007/s12549-022-00569-5. ISSN 1867-1594 . Retrieved 22 October 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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