Nesolagus sinensis

Nesolagus sinensis; Temporal range: 1.2–1.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Nesolagus
Species:	†N. sinensis
Binomial name
	†Nesolagus sinensis; Jin, Tomida & Wang et al 2010

Last updated February 06, 2025

Nesolagus sinensis is a fossil species of striped rabbit (genus Nesolagus ) from the early Middle Pleistocene " Gigantopithecus fauna" of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is believed to be ancestral to the living members of the genus, and to have evolved from the Miocene genus Alilepus .^[1] It is the first fossil taxon in its genus, and the only leporid in the Gigantopithecus fauna.^[2]

References

1 2 Jin, C., Tomida, Y., Wang, Y. et al. First discovery of fossil Nesolagus (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from Southeast Asia. Sci. China Earth Sci. 53, 1134–1140 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-4010-3
↑ "[Paleontology/Mammalogy • 2010] Nesolagus sinensis • First discovery of fossil Nesolagus (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from Southeast Asia".

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[Jin_et_al-1] 1 2 Jin, C., Tomida, Y., Wang, Y. et al. First discovery of fossil Nesolagus (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from Southeast Asia. Sci. China Earth Sci. 53, 1134–1140 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-4010-3

[2] "[Paleontology/Mammalogy • 2010] Nesolagus sinensis • First discovery of fossil Nesolagus (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from Southeast Asia".

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