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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original 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

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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