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--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Lepus
--> SUBGENUS Sinolagus
SPECIES Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis
| Author: | Gray, 1832. | | Citation: | Illustr. Indian Zool., 2: pl. 20. | | Common Name: | Chinese Hare | | Type Locality: | "China". Restricted by G. Allen (1938:559) to "more or less in the region of Canton." [Guangzhou, Guandong Province, China]. | | Distribution: | SE China from Yangtse River southward; Taiwan; disjunct in NE Vietnam. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Sinolagus (Averianov, 1998). Placed in Caprolagus (Indolagus) by Gureev (1964:143). Formerly included coreanus; see Corbet (1978c: 73); here considered distinct, following Flux and Angermann (1990). |
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