Caprolagus hispidus

(J. T. Pearson in Horsfield, 1840)

Hispid Hare

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Genus : Caprolagus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Horsfield, T. 1840-03. List of Mammalia and Birds collected in Assam by John McClelland, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon in the service of the East India Company, Bengal Establishment, Member of the late Deputation which was sent into that country for the purpose of investigating the nature of the Tea Plant. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1839:146-167.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571395

Original name as described

Lepus hispidus

Other common names

Assam Rabbit

Type locality

"Assam, … base of the Boutan [= Bhutan] mountains," India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Bangladesh · Bhutan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001077

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Caprolagus hispidus

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

hispidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3833/45176688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus hispidus

(J. T. Pearson in Horsfield, 1840)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

hispidus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571395

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Blyth (1863:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

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