Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777
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Description
Lepus americanus Erxleben, 1777. Syst. Regni Anim., 1:330.
TYPE LOCALITY: "in America boreeli, ad fretum Hudsonis copiosissimus." Restricted by Nelson (1909:87) to Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada.
DISTRIBUTION: S and C Alaska (USA) to S and C coasts of Hudson Bay to Newfoundland and Anacosti Isl (introduced) (Canada), south to S Appalachians, S Michigan, North Dakota, NC New Mexico, SC Utah, and EC California (USA).
STATUS: Although population densities fluctuate greatly, status secure nearly everywhere (Keith and Windberg, 1978; Sinclair et al., 1988).
SYNONYMS: bairdii Hayden, 1869; bishopi J. Allen, 1899; borealis Schinz, 1845; cascadensis Nelson, 1907; columbiensis Rhoads, 1895; dalli Merriam, 1900; hudsonius Pallas, 1778; klamathensis Merriam, 1899; macfarlani Merriam, 1900; nanus Schreber, 1790; niediecki Matschie, 1907; oregonus Orr, 1934; pallidus Cowan, 1938; phaeonotus J. Allen, 1899; pinetus Dalquest, 1942; saliens, Osgood, 1900; seclusus Baker and Hankins, 1950; struthopus Bangs, 1898; tahoensis Orr, 1933; virginianus Harlan, 1825; wardi Schinz, 1825; washingtoni Baird, 1855.
COMMENTS: Distinctive small species, but subgeneric separation ( Poecilolagus Lyon, 1904) not supported; see Hall (1981:314); but see also Gureev (1964:188).
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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
- Erxleben
- Species
- americanus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Lepus americanus Erxleben, 1777 sec. Hoffmann, 1993
References
- Nelson, E. W. 1909. The rabbits of North America. North American Fauna, 29: 1 - 314.
- Keith, L. B., and L. A. Windberg. 1978. A demographic analysis of the snowshoe hare cycle. Wildlife Monographs, 58: 1 - 70.
- Sinclair, A. R. E., C. J. Krebs, J. N. M. Smith, and S. Boutin. 1988. Population biology of snowshoe hares. III. Nutrition, plant secondary compounds and food limitation. Journal of Animal Ecology, 57: 787 - 806.
- Osgood, W. H. 1900. Revision of the pocket mice of the genus Perognathus. North American Fauna, 18: 1 - 73.
- Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
- 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).