Hypolagus

Hypolagus Temporal range: Early Miocene – Middle Pleistocene
A restoration of Hypolagus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	†Hypolagus Dice, 1917
Referred species
†Hypolagus balearicus †Hypolagus brachygnathus †Hypolagus gromovi †Hypolagus multiplicatus †Hypolagus peregrinus †Hypolagus petenyii †Hypolagus schreuderae †Hypolagus transbaicalicus †Hypolagus vetus

Hypolagus was a genus of lagomorphs, first recorded in the Hemingfordian (early to middle Miocene) of North America. It entered Asia during the early Turolian and spread to Europe not much later, where it survived until the Middle Pleistocene. Though unknown in the Iberian Peninsula, fossils of this genus have been found in the Balearic Islands, suggesting an eastern migration during the dry period in the Mediterranean region known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis.