Leporinae - Red rabbit

Japanese: ウサギ亜科 - うさぎあか
Leporinae - Red rabbit

…The food eaten does not pass through the cecum at first and is excreted in the form of soft feces, but the rabbit swallows it again through its mouth at the anus, and after maximum digestion and absorption, the hard feces is excreted. The order Lagomorpha is divided into the families Ochotona and Leporidae, and the family Leporidae is further divided into the subfamily Leporinae and the subfamily Lagomorpha. The family Ochotona is a primitive small rabbit that resembles the rodent guinea pig in appearance. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Lago subfamily" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…食べた食物は,初めは盲腸を通らず,やわらかい糞の形で排泄されるが,ウサギは肛門に口をつけてこれを再び飲み込み,最大限に消化吸収された後,固い糞が排泄される。 ウサギ目はナキウサギ科とウサギ科に分けられ,ウサギ科はさらにムカシウサギ亜科とウサギ亜科とに分けられる。 ナキウサギ科は原始的な小型のウサギで,外形は齧歯類のモルモットに似る。…

※「ウサギ亜科」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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