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Prolagus osmolskae

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Extinct species of mammal
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Prolagus osmolskae
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: †Prolagidae
Genus: †Prolagus
Species: †P. osmolskae
Binomial name
†Prolagus osmolskae
Fostowicz-Frelik, 2010

Prolagus osmolskae is an extinct species in the genus Prolagus. It may have resembled a pika.

Range

This species was the northernmost record of Prolagus. Unlike other members of its genus, Prolagus osmolskae did not live near the Mediterranean Sea. Instead, this species lived in Poland.

Nomenclature

This species was named in honour of Professor Halszka Osmólska.

References

  1. Fostowicz-Frelik, Łucja (2010). "A new species of Pliocene Prolagus (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) from Poland is the northernmost record of the genus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 609–612. doi:10.1080/02724631003621789. S2CID 84550663.
Taxon identifiers
Prolagus osmolskae


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