Global InformationBrachylagus coloradoensis information
| Brachylagus coloradoensis Temporal range: Early - Mid Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Brachylagus |
| Species: | †B. coloradoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Brachylagus coloradoensis (Ramos, 1999)[1]
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Brachylagus coloradoensis is an extinct species of lagomorph closely related to the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis). Its fossils have been found in Early and Middle Pleistocene deposits in Colorado.[2]
- ^ "Brachylagus coloradoensis". Fossilworks.
- ^ Ramos, Colleen N. (1999). "AN IRVINGTONIAN SPECIES OF BRACHYLAGUS (MAMMALIA: LAGOMORPHA) FROM PORCUPINE CAVE, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO". The Great Basin Naturalist. 59 (2): 151–159.