Editing Amami rabbit (section)

== Etymology ==
The [[Generic name (biology)|generic name]] ''Pentalagus'', as described by [[Marcus Ward Lyon Jr.]], refers to the presence of five [[Molar (tooth)|molars]] on each side of the Amami rabbit's teeth, differing from each other extant then-known rabbit genera in that it lacks a third upper molar.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lyon Jr. |first=Marcus Ward |author-link=Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. |date=1904 |title=Classification of the Hares and their Allies |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/23223/SMC_45_Lyon_1903_28_321-463.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |journal=Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections |volume=45 |pages=428–431}}</ref> The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] ''furnessi'' refers to the original discoverer of the Amami rabbit, [[William Henry Furness III]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tokiwa |first1=Toshihiro |last2=Chou |first2=Shyun |last3=Kitazoe |first3=Hina |last4=Ito |first4=Keiko |last5=Torimoto |first5=Ryouta |last6=Shoshi |first6=Yuki |last7=Sanjoba |first7=Chizu |last8=Yamamoto |first8=Masami |last9=Yoshimura |first9=Hisashi |date=August 2022 |title=Three new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Amami rabbit, Pentalagus furnessi (Mammalia: Leporidae) |journal=International Journal for Parasitology. Parasites and Wildlife |volume=18 |pages=194–200 |doi=10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.05.006 |issn=2213-2244 |pmc=9198320 |pmid=35721820|bibcode=2022IJPPW..18..194T }}</ref>