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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Lepus
--> SUBGENUS ? [uncertain]
SPECIES Lepus (? [uncertain]) brachyurus
| Author: | Temminck, 1845. | | Citation: | In Siebold, Fauna Japonica, 1(Mamm.): 44, pl. 11. | | Common Name: | Japanese Hare | | Type Locality: | "...tout l'Empire mais surtout dans l'île de Jezo", Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan. | | Distribution: | Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Oki Isls and Sado Isl (Japan). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus uncertain. Gureev (1964:150) and Gromov and Baranova (1981:63) placed this species in genus Caprolagus, subgenus Allolagus, but Averianov (1998) in subgenus Eulagos; see also comment under mandshuricus. Hirikawa et al. (1992) analyzed variation in the insular populations of L. b. okiensis. Reviewed by Imaizumi (1970b). |
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