Lepus flavigularis

J. A. Wagner, 1844

Tehuantepec Jackrabbit

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

Wagner, J.A. 1844. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen von Dr. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber. Supplementband. Vierte Abtheilung: Die Nager (zweiter Abschnitt), Zahnlücker, Einhufer, Dichhäuter und Wiederkäuer. Expedition das Schreber'schen Säugthier- und des Esper'sschen Schmetterlingswerkes, und in Commission der Voß'schen Buchhandlung in Leipzig, Erlangen, 523 pp.

Original name as described

Lepus flavigularis

Other common names

Tehuantepec Hare · Tropical Hare

Type locality

"Mexico." Restricted by D. G. Elliot in 1905 to "San Mateo del Mar, Tehuantepec [City]," Oaxaca, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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