Oryctolagus

Oryctolagus; Temporal range: Late Miocene–Recent
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Oryctolagus; Lilljeborg, 1873
Type species
	Lepus cuniculus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
	1 living, several extinct (see text)

Oryctolagus (/ˌɔːrɪkˈtɑːləɡəs/) is a genus of lagomorph that today contains the European rabbit and its descendant, the domestic rabbit, as well as several fossil species.

The generic name derives from Ancient Greek: ὀρυκτός (oryktos, “dug up”) and λαγώς (lagōs, “hare”).^[1]

^ Savory, Theodore Horace (January 16, 1962). "Naming the living world" – via Google Books.