Oryctolagus cuniculus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

European Rabbit

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Genus : Oryctolagus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033869

Original name as described

Lepus Cuniculus

Other common names

Domestic Rabbit · Wild Rabbit

Type locality

"in Europa australis." Restricted by J. R. Ellerman and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott in 1951 to "Germany."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain · France · Italy · United Kingdom · Ireland · Germany · Belgium · Netherlands · Switzerland · Austria · Czech Republic · Denmark · Hungary · Slovakia · Poland · Romania · Bulgaria · Sweden · Greece · Algeria · Morocco · Azores · Madeira · Canary Islands

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001113

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lepus huxleyi

(Haeckel, 1874)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

huxleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1868.2.19.117

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/351ac8b1-340a-4db2-bef0-2d04fdf007d4

Authority page

130

Authority publication

book

Oryctolagus cuniculus cnossius

Bate, 1906

Family

Leporidae

Root name

cnossius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.12.2.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bc51619a-0407-4d4f-9721-f923c2bbce83

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207791

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Oryctolagus cuniculus borkumensis

D. L. Harrison, 1952

Family

Leporidae

Root name

borkumensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1967.1266 (= HZM 12.1078)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e33da9f7-59e0-4028-86fe-ebad3919fb18

Authority page

676

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Oryctolagus cuniculus brachyotus

Trouessart, 1917

Family

Leporidae

Root name

brachyotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2004-413

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2004-413

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5036340

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus magellanicus

(Lesson, 1826)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

magellanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1998-2082

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1998-2082

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4422535

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:295, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Lahille (1899:194, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

cuniculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

336

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Yepes (1935:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Happold (2013:708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41291/170619657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oryctolagus cuniculus cuniculus

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Leporidae

Root name

cuniculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

256

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

algirus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Oryctolagus cuniculus huxleyi

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

huxleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus Cuniculus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

cuniculus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033869

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:331, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Daudin (1802:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Thunberg (1811:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  5. Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  6. Billberg (1827:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  7. Lesson (1827:294, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  8. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  9. Lesson (1842:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  10. Crespon (1844:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  11. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  12. Blyth (1863:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Lepus Cuniculus angorensis

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

angorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

334

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873131

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Lepus Cuniculus argenteus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

argenteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

334

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873131

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Lepus Cuniculus russus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

russus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

335

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873132

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Lepus Cuniculus domesticus

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

domesticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751383

Authority publication

Leipzig

Lepus Cuniculus russicus

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

russicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751384

Authority publication

Leipzig

Cuniculus campestris

(F. A. A. Meyer, 1790)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Magasin für Thiergeschichte

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Cuniculus varius

(S.D.W., 1836)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

varius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

72

Authority publication

The Analyst

Lepus vernicularis

(W. Thompson, 1837)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

vernicularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

468

Authority page URI

https://archive.org/details/sim_athenaeum-uk_1837-06-24_504/page/468/mode/1up

Authority publication

The Athenaeum

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Cuniculus dasypus

(Gloger, 1841)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

dasypus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515414

Authority publication

Breslau

Lepus Vermicula

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

vermicula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729813

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus nigripes

(A. D. Bartlett, 1857)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nigripes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451304

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Cuniculus algirus

(Loche, 1858)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

algirus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949401

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Loche (1858:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)

Cuniculus fodiens

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

fodiens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

225

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15624182

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Cuniculus algirus

(Loche, 1867)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

algirus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

122

Authority publication

book

Cuniculus kreyenbergi

(Honigmann, 1913)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

kreyenbergi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

296

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43607170

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Oryctolagus cuniculus oreas

Cabrera, 1922

Family

Leporidae

Root name

oreas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818459

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Oryctolagus cuniculus habetensis

Cabrera, 1923

Family

Leporidae

Root name

habetensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

366

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Oryctolagus cuniculus grenalensis

Donard, 1981

Family

Leporidae

Root name

grenalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Quaternaria

Oryctolagus cuniculus lunellensis

Donard, 1981

Family

Leporidae

Root name

lunellensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Quaternaria

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