|
HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Lepus
--> SUBGENUS Indolagus
SPECIES Lepus (Indolagus) hainanus
| Author: | Swinhoe, 1870. | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870: 233. | | Common Name: | Hainan Hare | | Type Locality: | Hainan Isl, "in the neighbourhood of the capital city" [Hainan Province, China]. | | Distribution: | Lowlands of Hainan Isl (China). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Subgenus Indolagus. Placed in Caprolagus (Indolagus) by Gureev (1964:146). Considered a subspecies of peguensis by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951); Flux and Angermann (1990) recommended provisional specific status, as did Gureev (1964). |
|
| |
|
|
