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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Lepus
--> SUBGENUS Eulagos
SPECIES Lepus (Eulagos) starcki
| Author: | Petter, 1963. | | Citation: | Mammalia, 27: 239. | | Common Name: | Ethiopian Highland Hare | | Type Locality: | "Jeldu-Liban-Shoa, 2,740 mtres, 40 km W. Addis Abeba," [Ethiopia]. | | Distribution: | Central highlands of Ethiopia. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Eulagos (Averianov, 1998). Formerly included in capensis (Petter, 1963a), or europaeus (Azzaroli-Puccetti, 1987a, b); but see Angermann (1983) and Flux and Angermann (1990). Considered by Azzaroli-Puccetti (1987a, b) to be closely related to europaeus, with a relict distribution dating back to the Pleistocene. |
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