Lepus castroviejoi

Palacios, 1977

Broom Hare

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Genus : Lepus
Subgenus : Eulagos

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Palacios, F. 1977. Descripción de una nueva especie de liebre (_Lepus castroviejoi_), endémica de la Cordillera Cantábrica. Doñana, Acta Vertebrata 3(2):205-223.

Original name as described

Lepus castroviejoi

Type material

EBD A. 7704241

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Puerto de la Ventana, San Emiliano (León [Province])," (= Puerto Ventanas, Spain, 1500 m).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Spain

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001086

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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.

Lepus castroviejoi

Palacios, 1977

Family

Leporidae

Root name

castroviejoi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBD A. 7704241

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

207

Authority publication

Doñana, Acta Vertebrata

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11797/503908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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