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the web of life in southern Africa

Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares and pikas)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Euarchontaglires > Glires

Families encountered in southern Africa

Leporidae (hares, rabbits and rock rabbits)

 

Families not encountered in southern Africa: Ochotonidae (pikas) and Prolagidae (Sardinian pika - extinct).