[Barmy]

An ingredient of paella!

[dels replies]

Rabbits belong to the order leporidae.For want of a better description call it a Bunny.

[Kate B]

All of the terms you describe come from the Latin names for the familydog - Canidae, cat - Felidae, horse - Equidae. Rabbits belong to the family Leporidae which comprises rabbits and hares, so the name would be leporine. I'm not sure that it is used as frequently as the other examples you mention, although I did see the story of the tortoise and the hare given as the chelonian vs the leporine.Other answers you were given don't equate. Lapine is the name that rabbits spoke in Watership Down and lagomorph is derived from the name of the order Lagomorpha and would be equivalent to using carnivore to descibe cats and dogs or perrissodactyl to describe horses, a much less specific description.Finally, the difference between lagomorph and leporine - leporine describes only rabbits and hares, lagomorph covers 2 families leporines (rabbits and hares) and ochotonines (pikas). Might be a case of splitting hares (apologies for the pun).

[missy v]

I don't know. Science is putting some weird names on stuff like words like *atom*hydrogen*equine (what does that mean you see) I don't know. A rabbit should only be a rabbit and not some kind of weird scientific word like sophogus. Like a rabbit is just a rabbit. Don't brake your head. PLEASE!!!

[EarthMajik]

Lagomorph doesn't just apply to rabbits, but to hares and pikas as well - or any set of rodont that has 4 upper incisors instead of 2. 'Lapine' is how you would describe a rabbit.

[Lakeia M]

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are seven different genera in the family classified as rabbits, including the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), cottontail rabbits (genus Sylvilagus; 13 species), and the Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi, an endangered species on Amami Oshima, Japan). There are many other species of rabbit, and these, along with cottontails, pikas and hares make up the Order Lagomorpha.

[lil h]

ehhhh wots up doc?????

[peskylisa]

Lagomorphs are hares and rabbits.

[jimmy]

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