| Sylvilagus leonensis Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Sylvilagus |
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†S. leonensis
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| †Sylvilagus leonensis (Cushing, 1945)[1] | |
Sylvilagus leonensis, the dwarf cottontail, is an extinct species of rabbit from the Late Pleistocene, known from the San Josecito CaveinNuevo Leon, Mexico.[2]
The dwarf cottontail was smaller than living cottontail species, comparable in size to the living pygmy rabbit.[3]
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