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Lepus Linnaeus 1758

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Lepus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:57.

TYPE SPECIES: Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758.

SYNONYMS: Allolagus Ognev, 1929; Boreolagus; Barrett-Hamilton, 1911; Chionobates Kaup, 1829; Eulagos Gray, 1867; Eulepus Acloque, 1899; Indolagus Gureev, 1953; Lagos Palmer, 1904; Macrotolagus, Mearns, 1895; Poecilolagus Lyon, 1904; Proeulagus Gureev, 1964; Tarimolagus Gureev, 1947.

COMMENTS: Formerly included Bunolagus; see Petter (1972b); and originally all other genera except Pentalagus. The taxonomy of this genus remains controversial. L. crawshayi (including whytei), peguensis, ruficaudatus, and siamensis have been variously treated as separate species or have been included in nigricollis. L. europaeus, corsicanus, granatensis, tolai, and tibetanus have been placed in capensis or treated as distinct species; see comments therein.

Notes

Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 807-827 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 814, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353088

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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3914463 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD1B1D24BDE424FA7C70A6B10DDFFD92 (URL)
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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353088 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/3C58AD3FFFCF0050FFC6C6198C1AFFBC (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Leporidae
Genus
Lepus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lagomorpha
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Lepus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Hoffmann, 1993

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Palmer, T. S. 1904. Index generum mammalium: A list of the genera and families of mammals. North American Fauna, 23: 1 - 984.
  • Gureev, A. A. 1964. Fauna SSSR, Mlekopitayushchie, tom. 3, vyp. 10, Zaitseobraznye (Lagomorpha) [Fauna of the USSR, mammals, vol. 3, pt. 10, Lagomorpha]. Nauka, Moscow-Leningrad, 276 pp. (in Russian).
  • Petter, F. 1972 b. Order Lagomorpha. Part 5. Pp. 1 - 7, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 2 May 1972]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.