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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Lepus
--> SUBGENUS Proeulagus
SPECIES Lepus (Proeulagus) insularis
| Author: | W. Bryant, 1891. | | Citation: | Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 3: 92. | | Common Name: | Black Jackrabbit | | Type Locality: | "Espiritu Santo Island, [near La Paz], Gulf of California [Baja California del Sur], Mexico." | | Distribution: | Restricted to the type locality. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Subgenus Proeulagus (Gureev, 1964:195). Insular melanic allospecies, related to californicus; see Hall (1981:328) and Dixon et al. (1983). Chromosomes, which differ from those of L. californicus, are described by Cervantes et al. (1999-2000). Reviewed by Cervantes et al. (1996a), and Thomas and Best (1994b, Mammalian Species, 465). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
edwardsi Saint-Loup, 1895
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