Lepus hainanus

Swinhoe, 1870

Hainan Hare

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. 1870, 233

Original name as described

Lepus hainanus

Other common names

Chinese Pinyin

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1870.7.7.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cbf4c4ca-b667-465f-a7c6-24876d8faadd

Type locality

"in the neighbourhood of the capital city," Hainan Province, Hainan Island, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001095

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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 hainanus

Swinhoe, 1870

Family

Leporidae

Root name

hainanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1870.7.7.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cbf4c4ca-b667-465f-a7c6-24876d8faadd

Authority page

233

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. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11793/45177783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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