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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Lepus
--> SUBGENUS Poecilolagus
SPECIES Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus
| Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | | Citation: | Syst. Regni Anim., 1: 330. | | Common Name: | Snowshoe Hare | | Type Locality: | "in America boreeli, ad fretum Hudsonis copiosissimus." Restricted by Nelson (1909:87) to Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada. | | Distribution: | S and C Alaska (USA) to S and C coasts of Hudson Bay to Newfoundland and Anacosti Isl (introduced) (Canada), south to S Appalachians, S Michigan, North Dakota, NC New Mexico, SC Utah, and EC California (USA). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Poecilolagus (Gureev, 1964; Averianov, 1998). Distinctive small species, but subgeneric separation not supported Hall (1981:314). |
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