Oryctolagus cuniculus (small mammal)

Mass: 2.5 kg based on Simons 1996

Diet: browser-grazer based on Martins et al. 2002

Abundance: 0.05 to 98.45% (median 18.22%)

Latitudinal range: -37.3° to 51.1°

Habitats: (30), Mediterranean woodland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

Biogeographic distribution: Palearctic, Europe, North Africa

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Found in 35 samples

Australia: Kangaroo Valley (low cattle disturbance), Goonoo State Conservation Area (on-track, pre-baiting), Ben Boyd National Park and Nadgee Nature Reserve, Taunton National Park

Belgium: Hof van Leugenhaeghe (Holocene)

France: Mas d'Azil (Late Pleistocene), Les Canalettes (Layer 2) (Late Pleistocene), Les Canalettes (Layer 3) (Late Pleistocene), Les Canalettes (Layer 4) (Late Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit II) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit III) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Units IV and V) (Middle Pleistocene), Caune de l'Arago (Unit D) (Middle Pleistocene), Lazaret (C II supérieur UA 13-17) (Middle Pleistocene)

Portugal: Picareiro Cave (Layer D) (Holocene), Picareiro Cave (Layer E - Top) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Picareiro Cave (Layer E - Middle) (Late Pleistocene), Picareiro Cave (Layer E - Lower) (Late Pleistocene), Picareiro Cave (Layer F) (Late Pleistocene), Picareiro Cave (Layer G) (Late Pleistocene), Torre Velha (Holocene), Vale do Mouro (Stage 3) (Holocene), Foz do Enxarrique (Late Pleistocene), Gruta de Figueira Brava (Area C) (Late Pleistocene)

Spain: Larraga, Cueva de Nerja (Last Glacial Maximum) (Late Pleistocene), Cueva de Nerja (Tardiglacial) (Late Pleistocene), Cueva de Nerja (Early Holocene) (Holocene), Bolomor Cave (Level XI) (Middle Pleistocene), Bolomor Cave (Level XVIIc) (Middle Pleistocene), Bolomor Cave (Level XII) (Middle Pleistocene), Bolomor Cave (Level IV) (Middle Pleistocene), Can Roqueta II (Holocene)

Tunisia: Doukanet el Khoutifa (Holocene), Meninx (Holocene)

Size measurements:
body mass2564.05 kgN = 20Simons 1996
body mass2238.67 kgN = 9Simons 1996

See also Oryctolagus, Oryctolagus giberti, Oryctolagus indet., Oryctolagus lacosti, Oryctolagus laynensis, Oryctolagus sp., Oryctolagus valdarnensis