Lepus corsicanus

de Winton, 1898

Corsican Hare

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1898-02-01. On the hares of western Europe and North Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1(2):149-158.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15627788

Original name as described

Lepus corsicanus

Other common names

Apennine Hare · Italian Hare

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1878.7.3.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d1806c93-336e-42c9-a44f-63951b9b97b5

Type locality

"Bastia," Corsica, France.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Italy

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001089

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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 corsicanus

de Winton, 1898

Family

Leporidae

Root name

corsicanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1878.7.3.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d1806c93-336e-42c9-a44f-63951b9b97b5

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15627788

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  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 #41305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41305/2952954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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