Nuralagus is an extinct genus of leporid (the family of rabbits and hares), with a single species, Nuralagus rex, described in 2011. It lived on Menorca, one of the Balearic Islands in the western Mediterranean during the Pliocene epoch.

2024年5月27日 · Nuralagus is an extinct genus of large rabbits that lived during the Pliocene epoch. Scientists think this creature is the biggest member of the order Lagomorpha to have ever lived (the order includes both living and extinct species of rabbits, hares, and pikas).

2022年8月16日 · Nuralagus is a genus of rabbit from the family Leporidae. It is known from a single species, Nuralagus rex, described in 2011. Nuralagus rex lived during the Late Neogene era, which was about 2.5 million years ago.

2011年3月21日 · The fossils of the giant were discovered on the island of Minorca off the coast of Spain, a fact reflected in the rabbit's scientific name, Nuralagus rex, "the Minorcan king of the rabbits."

2011年3月22日 · The team has just announced the discovery of Earth's biggest known rabbit species, an oddly unbunny-like giant dubbed Nuralagus rex—"the Minorcan king of the hares."

2019年2月22日 · A profile of Nuralagus, including this prehistoric mammal's characteristics, behavior and habitat.

2012年4月20日 · Nuralagus rex, an extinct giant rabbit that lived on the island of Minorca, seen compared to a European rabbit. Plus, notice the feet. As the drawings show, a modern rabbit (in the...

Messinian of the Miocene to Piacenzian of the Pliocene. Disarticulated remains of several individuals,‭ ‬but enough to provide an accurate reconstruction. – Nuralagus rex, gen. et sp. nov., an endemic insular giant rabbit from the Neogene of Minorca.

Nuralagus is an extinct genus of big rabbits that lived throughout the Pliocene date. Researchers assume this animal is the largest participant of the order Lagomorpha to have actually ever before lived (the order consists of both living and extinct species of rabbits, hares, and pikas).