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Nesolagus fossil map

Where fossils of Nesolagus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Nesolagus
Image: Bongopete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived2.58–0.774 million years ago (Gelasian to Calabrian)
PeriodsQuaternary
FamilyLeporidae
Named byForsyth Major 1899
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inChina
Rock formationstxn:42163

About Nesolagus

Nesolagus is a genus of rabbits containing three species of striped rabbit: the Annamite striped rabbit, the Sumatran striped rabbit, and the extinct N. sinensis. Overall there is very little known about the genus as a whole, most information coming from the Sumatran rabbit.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nesolagus (revision 1360757402), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q913660.

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