page_title: List of mammals of Mexico
section_title: Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Mexico / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Superorder: Euarchontoglires / Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)
context_page_description: This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Mexico. As of September 2014, there were 536 mammalian species or subspecies listed. Based on IUCN data, Mexico has 23% more noncetacean mammal species than the U.S. and Canada combined in an area only 10% as large, or a species density over 12 times that of its northern neighbors. Mexico's high mammal biodiversity is in part a reflection of the wide array of biomes present over its latitudinal, climatic and altitudinal ranges, from lowland tropical rainforest to temperate desert to montane forest to alpine tundra. The general increase in terrestrial biodiversity moving towards the equator is another important factor in the comparison. Mexico includes much of the Mesoamerican and Madrean pine-oak woodlands biodiversity hotspots. From a biogeographic standpoint, most of Mexico is linked to the rest of North America as part of the Nearctic realm. However, the lowlands of southern Mexico are linked with Central America and South America as part of the Neotropical realm.
context_section_description: The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae (pikas). Though they can resemble rodents, and were classified as a superfamily in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two. The endangered volcano rabbit of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt is the world's second smallest rabbit. In North America, pikas are not found south of southern California and northern New Mexico.
  Family: Leporidae (rabbits, hares)
  Genus: Romerolagus
  Volcano rabbit, Romerolagus diazi EN
  Genus: Sylvilagus
  Desert cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii LC
  Brush rabbit, Sylvilagus bachmani LC
  Tapeti, Sylvilagus brasiliensis LC
  Mexican cottontail, Sylvilagus cunicularius LC
  Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus LC
  Tres Marias cottontail, Sylvilagus graysoni EN
  Omilteme cottontail, Sylvilagus insonus EN
  San Jose brush rabbit, Sylvilagus mansuetus NT
  Robust cottontail, Sylvilagus robustus EN
  Genus: Lepus
  Antelope jackrabbit, Lepus alleni LC
  Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus LC
  White-sided jackrabbit, Lepus callotis NT
  Tehuantepec jackrabbit, Lepus flavigularis EN
  Black jackrabbit, Lepus insularis NT
caption: Brush rabbit
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