Coccidia of the Leporidae*

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SYNOPSIS: Thirty‐six species of coccidia, all members of the genusEimeria, have been described from 3 of the 9 genera and 11 of the more than 48 species in the lagomorph family Leporidae. All these are described briefly in the present paper and their synonymies are given. Coccidia have been described from the single species ofOryctolagus, from 4 of the 13 species ofSylvilagusand from 6 of the 26 species ofLepus. These genera have 12, 12, and 14 known species ofEimeria, of which only 2 are shared byOryctolagusandSylvilagus.Lepushas none of the coccidia of these genera. One species is known to occur in the bile ducts of the liver, 13 in the intestine, and the location of 22 is unknown. Life cycles have been determined for 9 of the species, of which 8 have been worked out in the domestic rabbitOryctolagusand 1 in the cottontailSylvilagus.