After Miller & Carranza-Castañeda, 1982, Emry & Gawne, 1986, Nowak, 1991, Storer, 1992, McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Patnaik, 2002
<==o Palaeolaginae [incl. Mytonilagidae; Amphilaginae] (“vanhajänikset”) |?- †Chadrolagus emryi Gawne, 1978 |?-o †Megalagus sensu McKenna & Bell, 1996 | |-- †Tachylagus gawneae Storer, 1992 | `--o †Megalagus Dawson, 1931 [Montanolagus, Tachylagus Storer, 1992] | |-- †M. abaconis Hayes, 2000 | |-- †M. brachyodon (Matthew, 1903) [Palaeolagus brachyodon Matthew, 1903; Desmatolagus dicei Burke, 1936] | |-- †M. dawsoni Black, 1961 | |-- †M. primitivus (Schlaikjer,1935) [Hypolagus primitivus Schlaikjer,1935; Palaeolagus primitivus Wood, 1937] | `-- †M. turgidus (Cope, 1873) [Palaeolagus turgidus Cope, 1873; Palaeolagus triplex Cope, 1873, Tricium paniense Cope, 1873] |-- †Serengetilagus precapensis Dietrich, 1941 |--o †Mytonolagus Burke, 1934 | |-- †M. wyomingensis Wood, 1949 | `-- †M. petersoni Burke, 1934 `--+--o †Palaeolagus Leidy, 1856 | |?- †P. hemirhizis Korth & Hageman, 1988 | |?- †P. hypsodus Schlaikjer, 1935 | |?- †P. intermedius Matthew, 1899 [=? P. haydeni Leidy, 1856] | |?- †P. philoi (Dawson, 1958) | |-- †P. primus Emry & Gawne, 1986 | `--+-- †P. haydeni Leidy, 1856 [Archaeolagus striatus, P. agapetillus, Protolagus affinus, Tricium annae, Tricium avunculus, Tricium leporinum] | |-- †P. temnodon Douglass, 1901 | `-- †P. burkei Wood, 1940 `--+--o †Pliopentalagus Gureev & Konkova, 1964 | |-- †P. huainanensis Tomida & Jin 2002 | |-- †P. progressivus Liu & Zheng, 1997 | |-- †P. dietrichi (Fejfar, 1961) | |-- †P. moldaviensis Gureev & Konkova in Gureev, 1964 |--+-- Caprolagus hispidus (Pearson, 1839) Blyth, 1845 (vuohikaniini) | `--o †Pliosiwalagus Patnaik, 2001 | |-- †P. whitei Patnaik, 2001 | `-- †P. sivalensis (Major, 1899) [Caprolagus hispidus (Pearson, 1839) in partim; Caprolagus sivalensis Major, 1899] `--+-- Pentalagus furnessi (Stone, 1900) Lyon, 1904 (Amami rabbit; riukiunkaniini) `--+-- Bunolagus monticularis (Thomas, 1903) Thomas, 1929 (Riverine rabbit; bushmannijänis) `--o Pronolagus Lyon, 1904 (red rock hares; kalliokaniinit) |--o P. crassicaudatus (I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1832) (Natal red rock hare; isokalliokaniini) | |-- P. c. crassicaudatus (I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1832) | `-- P. c. ruddi Thomas & Schwann, 1905 `--+-- oP. randensis Jameson, 1907 (Jameson's red rock hare; jamesoninkalliokaniini) | |-- P. r. caucinus Thomas, 1929 | |-- P. r. randensis Jameson, 1907 | `-- P. r. whitei Roberts, 1938 `--+-- P. saundersiae Hewitt, 1927 [P. rupestris saundersiae] (Hewitt's red rock hare) `--o P. rupestris (A. Smith, 1834) (Smith's red rock hare; smithinkalliokaniini) |-- P. r. curryi (Thomas, 1902) |-- P. r. nyikae (Thomas, 1902) |-- P. r. rupestris (A. Smith, 1834) `-- P. r. vallicola Kershaw, 1924
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