Leporidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Thomas E. Lacher, Jr Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2016 2016-07-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I 107 148 book chapter 68513 10.5281/zenodo.6625539 0a6d8930-783d-44bc-a461-7a9aaefaeff3 978-84-941892-3-4 6625539 Family LEPORIDAE (HARES AND RABBITS) • Small to medium-sized lagomorphs with short fluffy tails, soft thick pelage, and large eyes; ears project upward; hindlimbs longer than forelimbs. • 23-68 cm. • Holarctic, Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, and Neotropical Regions. • Forests, shrubby areas, grasslands, deserts, tundra, alpine slopes, and agricultural landscapes up to 5400 m. • 11 genera, 63 species, 269 taxa. • 2 species Critically Endangered; 7 species Endangered; b species Vulnerable; no species Extinct since 1600.