Order Lagomorpha Author Robert S. Hoffmann text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 807 827 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353088 1-56098-217-9 7353088 Family Leporidae Fischer, 1817 . Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow , 5:372 . SYNONYMS: Leporinorum Fischer, 1817. COMMENTS: Often divided into subfamilies Paleolaginae ( Pentalagus , Pronolagus , Romerolagus ) and Leporinae (remaining genera) ( Dice, 1929 ; Simpson, 1945 ), but no subfamilies were recognized by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) . For basis of genera recognized here, see Corbet (1983) .