Palaeolagus

Palaeolagus
Temporal range: Late Eocene to Oligocene,
Palaeolagus haydeni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Genus: †Palaeolagus
Leidy, 1856
Species
  • †P. burkei
  • †P. haydeni
  • †P. hemirhizis
  • †P. hypsodus
  • †P. intermedius
  • †P. philoi
  • †P. primus
  • †P. temnodon

Palaeolagus ('ancient hare') is an extinct genus of lagomorph. Palaeolagus lived in the Eocene and Oligocene epochs of North America,

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