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Order Lagomorpha


Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Sub-kingdom Eumetazoa
Sub-sub-kingdom Bilateria
Metaphylum Enterocoelous Coelomates
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Mammalia
Subclass Theria
Infraclass Eutheria

Order Lagomorpha

This group contains the hares, rabbits and pikas. They are gnawing mammals with two pairs of chisel-like incisors and an extra pair of small upper incisors that lie behind the enlarged first pair. Latin: lagos, hare + morpha, shape. (Dorit et al, 1991)