Lepus fagani

O. Thomas, 1903

Ethiopian Hare

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1903-04. On a collection of mammals from Abyssinia, including some from Lake Tsana, collected by Mr. Edward Degen. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902-II(2):308-316.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543416

Original name as described

Lepus fagani

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1902.9.9.54

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/879f6418-70fb-4d56-a2bc-ea0efaad624d

Type locality

"Zegi, Lake Tsana [= Tana] 4000 feet [1219 m]," Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · South Sudan · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001091

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.

Lepus fagani

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Leporidae

Root name

fagani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.9.9.54

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/879f6418-70fb-4d56-a2bc-ea0efaad624d

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543416

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  4. Happold (2013:701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11798/45178437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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