Species: lagomorph

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The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (hares and rabbits) and the Ochotonidae (pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Ancient Greek lagṓs (λαγώς, "hare") + morphē (μορφή, "form"), essentially making the term mean "rabbit- or hare-shaped". Lagomorphs share a common ancestor with rodents, though unlike popular misconception they are not classified as rodents.

Lagomorphs are similar to other mammals in that they all have fur and lactate. Although lagomorphs are more closely related to rodents than any other mammals (sharing the clade Glires; from Latin glīrēs, "dormice"), the two orders still have some major differences. Lagomorphs differ from rodents in that the former have four incisors in the upper jaw instead of two. Also, lagomorphs are almost strictly herbivorous, unlike rodents, many of which are omnivorous. Similar to rodents, their incisor teeth grow continuously, thus necessitating constant chewing to prevent the teeth from growing too long.

Species

Fictional/hybrid/mythological species

General anatomy

  • buckteeth
  • fur
    • dewlap (anatomy) - A longitudinal, furry flap of skin that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck. A female rabbit will pluck fur from her dewlap to line a nest for her babies.
  • pawpads - It is a common misconception that lagomorphs have pawpads.
  • whiskers
Ears
Tail
Reproductive anatomy

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The following tags are aliased to this tag: anthro_lagomorph, bunnyboy, bunnygirl, lagamorph, lagomoprh, lagomorpha, lapine, leporine, logomorph, rabbit_boy, rabbit_girl, rabbitboy, rabbitgirl, unirabbit (learn more).

This tag implicates mammal (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: jackalope, lagomorph_humanoid, lagomorph_taur, leporid, mimiga, palaeolagus, pika, rabbid, sivkit_(the_nature_of_predators), skvader, viera, werelagomorph, wolpertinger (learn more).

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