Order Lagomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 185 211 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 58 . Type Locality: "in Europa australis" [= Germany ; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951 ]. Synonyms: Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. fodiens Gray 1867 ; Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. kreyenbergi Honigmann 1913 ; Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. vermicula Gray 1843 ; Oryctolagus cuniculus subsp. vernicularis Thompson 1837 .