Life Mammalia Lagomorpha Leporidae

700x636 (~52Kb) FINLAND: N: Espoo, Tapiola, 667:37, 9.6.1997, Photo © Markku Savela

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

• Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758 Palearctic, Africa (non-forested). See [maps] Rusakko Brown Hare Cape hare

  • Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758; ; TL: Cape of Good Hope
  • capensis europaeus (Pallas, 1778); ; TL: Burgundy, France
  • alba
  • aguilonius
  • argenteogrisea
  • biarmicus
  • borealis (Kuznetsov)
  • ?campestris
  • campicola
  • caspicus ; (Asrakhan, Russia)
  • caucasicus ; (N. Caucasus)
  • cinereus
  • ?coronatus
  • cyrensis ; (Azerbaijan)
  • flavus
  • gallaecius
  • hispanicus ; (SE. Spain)
  • hybridus ; (Moscow region, USSR)
  • hyemalis
  • granatensis
  • iturissius
  • judeae ; (Palestine)
  • kalmykorum
  • karpathorum
  • lilfordi
  • ?maculatus
  • medium
  • meridiei
  • meridionalis
  • niethammeri
  • niger
  • ?nigricans
  • occidentalis ; (Britain)
  • parnassius ; (Greece)
  • ponticus
  • pyrenaicus
  • ?rufus
  • syriacus ; (Syria)
  • tesquorum ; (Ukraine)
  • transsylvanicus
  • tumak
  • Lepus cyanotis Blanchard, 1957; ; TL: Lanslebourg, Savoie, France, 2600 m
  • capensis schlumbergeri (Saint-Loup, 1894); (N. Africa); TL: NE. Morocco
  • atlanticus ; (SW. Morocco)
  • barcaeus ; (Cyrenaica)
  • harteri ; (Rio de Oro)
  • innesi
  • kabylicus ; (Algeria)
  • maroccanus
  • pallidior
  • pediaeus
  • rothschildi ; (Egypt)
  • sefranus
  • sherif
  • tunetae ; (Tunisia)
  • whitakeri ; (Tripolitania)
  • capensis arabicus (Ehrenberg, 1833); ; TL: Qunfidha, S. of Mecca
  • cheesmani ; (S. of Bahrain)
  • omanensis ; (Oman)
  • ?sinaiticus ; (Sinai)
  • Lepus capensis atallahi Harrison, 1972; ; TL: Isa, Bahrain Island
  • capensis tibetanus (Waterhouse, 1841); ; TL: Kashmir
  • aralensis
  • lehmanni ; (lower Amu Darya, Turkestan)
  • pamirensis ; (Pamirs)
  • craspedotis ; (Baluchista)
  • ?stoliczkanus ; (W. Sinkiang)
  • ?biddulphi
  • ?kaschgaricus
  • zaixanicus ; (E. of L. Balkash)
  • buchariensis ; (Tadzhikistan)
  • desertorum ; (Turkmenia)
  • capensis tolai (Pallas, 1778); ; TL: upper Amur Basin SE of L. Baikal
  • aurigineus ; (China)
  • brevinasus
  • butlerowi
  • cinnamomeus ; (Szechuan)
  • filchneri ; (S. Shensi)
  • gansuicus ; (Kansu)
  • gobicus ; (Mongolia)
  • kessleri
  • przewalski ; (Tsaidam)
  • quercerus ; (Altai Mts)
  • sowerbyae ; (N. Shansi)
  • stegmanni
  • subluteus
  • swinhoei
  • capensis mediterraneus (Wagner, 1841); (Sardinia)
  • typicus
  • capensis corsicanus (de Winton, 1898); (Corsica)
  • capensis creticus (Barrett-Hamilton, 1903); (Crete)
  • capensis cyprius (Barrett-Hamilton, 1903); (Cyprus)
  • capensis ghigii (de Beaux, 1927); (Stampalia Island, Aegian Sea)
  • ?capensis aegyptius (Desmarest, 1882); (Egypt)
• Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758 NEU, Siberia (tundra and coniferous forest zones), C.Asia, Alps, Ireland, Scotland, Sakhalin, Hokkaido, Alaska - Labrador, Greenland. See [maps] Metsäjänis Arctic Hare Mountain Hare Varying Hare

  • Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758; ; TL: Sweden
  • variabilis
  • septentrionalis
  • typicus
  • abei ; (Kurile Is.)
  • algidus
  • alpinus (Erxleben)
  • altaicus
  • begitschevi ; (Taimyr Peninsula)
  • borealis
  • canescens
  • collinus
  • gichiganus
  • kamtschaticus ; (Kamchatka - nom. nud)
  • kolymensis
  • kozhevnikovi ; (European Russia)
  • lugubris ; (Altai Mts)
  • mordeni ; (SE. Siberia)
  • orii ; (Sakhalin)
  • rubustus
  • saghalinensis
  • sclavonius
  • sibiricourm ; (W. Siberia)
  • sylvaticus
  • transbaicalicus ; (L. Baikal)
  • tschuktschorum ; (NE. Siberia)
  • timidis varronis (Miller, 1901); (Alps)
  • breviauritus
  • timidus hibernicus (Bell, 1837); (Ireland)
  • lutescens
  • timidus scoticus (Hilzheimer, 1906); (Scotland)
  • ?albus (Leach)
  • timidus ainu (Barrett-Hamilton, 1900); (Hokkaido, Japan)
  • timidus arcticus (Ross, 1819); (N. Canada)
  • timidus groenlandicus (Rhoads, 1896); (Greenland)
  • timidus othus (Merriam, 1900); (Alaska)
• Lepus oiostolus Hodgson, 1840 Tibet (Ladak - Yunnan), Chinghai - Szechuan - Nan Shan. See [maps] Woolly Hare

  • Lepus oiostolus Hodgson, 1840; (S. Tibet)
  • ?comus ; (Yunnan)
  • grahami
  • hypsibius ; (Ladak)
  • illuteus
  • kozlovi ; (SE. Tibet)
  • ?oemodias
  • pallipes
  • sechuanensis ; (NW. Szechuan)
  • ?tsaidamensis ; (SW of Koko-Nor)
• Lepus sinensis Gray, 1832 Korea, China (lowland south of the Yangtze Kiang), Taiwan. See [maps] Chinese Hare

  • Lepus sinensis Gray, 1832; (Canton, S.China)
  • flaviventris ; (Fukien)
  • sinensis coreanus (Thomas, 1892); (Korea)
  • sinensis formosus (Thomas, 1908); (Taiwan)
• Lepus brachyurus Temminck, 1844 Japan. See [maps] Japanese Hare

  • Lepus brachyurus Temminck, 1844; (Kyushu, Japan)
  • brachyurus angustidens (Hollister, 1912); (NW. Honshu)
  • etigo
  • brachyurus okiensis (Thomas, 1906); (Oki Is.)
  • brachyurus lyoni (Kishida, 1937); (Sado Is.)
• Lepus mandschuricus Radde, 1861 Amur, Manchuria, N.Korea. See [maps] Manchurian Hare

  • Lepus mandschuricus Radde, 1861; (Bureja Mts, Amur basin)
  • melanonotus
• Lepus yarkandensis Günther, 1875 SW.Sinkiang (steppes). See [maps] Yarkand Hare

  • Lepus yarkandensis Günther, 1875; (Yarkand, Sinkiang)

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