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SPECIES Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis

Author:F. Cuvier, 1823.
Citation:Dict. Sci. Nat., 26: 307.
Common Name:Indian Hare
Type Locality:"Malabar" [Madras, India].
Distribution:Pakistan; India; Bangladesh, except Sunderbands; Sri Lanka; introduced into Java (?) and Mauritius, Gunnera Quoin, Anskya, Réunion and Cousin Isls in the Indian Ocean. Considered native to Java by McNeely (1981:931).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); if nigricollis is native to Java (rather than an introduced population), its numbers are now very low there.
Comments:Subgenus Indolagus (Gureev, 1964). Placed in genus Caprolagus (Indolagus) by Gureev (1964:139). Includes ruficaudatus; see Prater (1980) and Angermann (1983), but see Gureev (1964:142); ruficaudatus is closer to capensis according to Petter (1961a), and nigricollis may include whytei, crawshayi, peguensis and siamensis; but also see comments under microtis, peguensis and saxatilis. Includes dayanus, given specific status by Gureev (1964:139).
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SUBSPECIES nigricollis

SUBSPECIES aryabertensis

SUBSPECIES dayanus

SUBSPECIES ruficaudatus

SUBSPECIES sadiya

SUBSPECIES simcoxi

SUBSPECIES singhala

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