Brachylagus coloradoensis

Brachylagus coloradoensis
Temporal range: Early - Mid Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Brachylagus
Species:
†B. coloradoensis
Binomial name
†Brachylagus coloradoensis
(Ramos, 1999)

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 and Nevada.

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