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Lepus corsicanus de Winton 1898

Description

Lepus corsicanus de Winton 1898

Lepus corsicanus de Winton 1898, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 1: 155.

Type Locality: "Bastia," [Corsica, Italy].

Vernacular Names: Corsican Hare.

Distribution: Italy from the Abruzzo Mtns southward; Sicily; introduced into Corsica no later than 16th Century (Vigne, 1988).

Conservation: Not Evaluated; likely to be listed as one of the IUCN threatened categories upon evaluation, due to probable reduction in numbers and range due to over-hunting and introduction of L. europeaus (Palacios et al., 1989; Pierpaoli et al., 1999).

Discussion: Subgenus probably Eulagos. Formerly included in capensis or europaeus; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Petter (1961 a); but see also Palacios et al. (1989) and Pierpaoli et al. (1999) who provided evidence of their specific distinctness.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 185-211 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 198, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
de Winton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Lagomorpha
Family
Leporidae
Genus
Lepus
Species
corsicanus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lepus corsicanus Winton, 1898 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Vigne, J. - D. 1988. Les Mammiferes post-glaciaires de Corse. Etude Archeozoologique (26 e supplement a Gallia Prehistoire). Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 337 pp.
  • Palacios, F., J. F. Orueta, and G. G. Tapia. 1989. Taxonomic review of the Lepus europaeus group in Italy and Corsica. Abstract of papers and posters, Fifth International Theriological Congress, Rome, 1: 189 - 190.
  • Pierpaoli, M., F. Riga, V. Trocchi, and E. Randi. 1999. Species distinction and evolutionary relationships of the Italian hare (Lepus corsicanus) as described by mitochondrial DNA sequencing. Molecular Ecology, 8: 1805 - 1817.
  • Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
  • Petter, F. 1961 a. Elements d'une revision des Lievres europeens et asiatiques du sous-genre Lepus. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 26: 30 - 40.