Mammal
Nuralagus
Nuralagus rex was a large island rabbit with proportions unlike those of a modern hopping hare.
Nuralagus rex was a large island rabbit with proportions unlike those of a modern hopping hare. Its robust body and comparatively short limbs give it a distinctive outline.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Nuralagus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Its feeding anatomy is interpreted as adapted to plant food.
- When it lived
- Neogene
- Group
- Leporidae
- Rabbits and hares
Beyond the game
The real Nuralagus
Nuralagus rex was a large island rabbit with proportions unlike those of a modern hopping hare. Its robust body and comparatively short limbs give it a distinctive outline.
Island evolution produced a rabbit with a robust skeleton and relatively short limbs. Its proportions differed from the lightly built, fast-hopping form of a modern hare.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- Quintana, Köhler and Moyà-Solà 2011 — Nuralagus rex, an endemic insular giant rabbit from the Neogene of Minorca
- Author repository record at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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