Lepus europaeus
Pallas, 1778
European Hare
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Lagomorpha |
Family | : Leporidae |
Genus | : Lepus |
Subgenus | : Eulagos |
Species status
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1778. Fasciculus I. Pp. 1–70 in Pallas, P.S. 1778-1779. Novae species quadrupedum e glirium ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 388 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494839Original name as described
Lepus europaeus
Other common names
Brown Hare · European Brown Hare
Type locality
type locality not given. Restricted by É.-L. Trouessart in 1910 to "Poland."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Spain · France · United Kingdom · Belgium · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Switzerland · Italy · Germany · Liechtenstein · Austria · Slovenia · Slovakia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hungary · Czech Republic · Poland · Serbia · Kosovo · Albania · Montenegro · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Finland · Russia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Georgia · Turkey · Syria · Iraq · Iran · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Mongolia · China?
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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