Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 39(1) 1996

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VOL 39(1) 1996

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Lagomorpha, Hypolagus, Neogene, Russia, systematics

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The Neogene rabbit Hypolagus igromovi Gureev, 1964 (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) from southern European Russia

• Alexander AVERIANOV

Abstract:

Relatively numerous remains of Hypolagus igromovi are known from the lower Pontian (Late Turolian, MN 13) deposits of the Don River Region, southern European Russia. This is one of the oldest representatives of the genus Hypolagus in the Old World. The type series of H. igromovi shows some similarities in size and morphology of p3 to Hypolagus sp. from the Ruscinian of Moldova and Caucasus, and to a lesser extent to Kazakh (Ruscinian) and Altai (Villafranchian) forms.