Lepus nigricollis

F. Cuvier, 1823

Indian 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

Cuvier, F. 1823. LIÈVRE, Lepus. (Mamm.). Pp. 299–316 in Anonymous. (eds.). Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Tome vingt-sixième. LEP–LIN. F. G. Levrault, Strasbourg, 553 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25515064

Original name as described

Lepus nigricollis

Other common names

Black-napped Hare · Indian Desert Hare · Rufous-tailed Hare

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1992-2010, MNHN-ZM-MO-1995-704

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1992-2010 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1995-704

Type locality

"Malabar," Madras, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001098

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 macrotus

Hodgson, 1840

Family

Leporidae

Root name

macrotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.39

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dea39d0d-31b1-4f24-b71f-ab2d732946f2

Authority page

1183

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus rajput

Wroughton, 1918

Family

Leporidae

Root name

rajput

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1885.8.1.342

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76113994-b9d2-4d07-a0ba-6a3bf6f2b66e

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454210

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus dayanus

Blanford, 1875

Family

Leporidae

Root name

dayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1890.4.9.3

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5cc56ce0-8b7b-4f93-9bef-91fe37c0e626

Authority page

663

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502870

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)

Lepus simcoxi

Wroughton, 1912

Family

Leporidae

Root name

simcoxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.8.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dcfb1eee-2ff0-411d-abde-8762b981bc3a

Authority page

338

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151031

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Lepus mahadeva

Wroughton & Ryley, 1913

Family

Leporidae

Root name

mahadeva

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.7.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b2f505b3-837d-4b56-9fc7-fb13c515bddd

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154884

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus nigricollis singhala

Wroughton, 1915

Family

Leporidae

Root name

singhala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.7.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/df2d512c-d452-4531-b9fa-8de6e06012ba

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151565

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus nigricollis

F. Cuvier, 1823

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nigricollis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1992-2010, MNHN-ZM-MO-1995-704

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1992-2010 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1995-704

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25515064

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:297, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  5. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  6. Kelaart (1852:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  7. Blyth (1863:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  8. Kelaart (1890:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)
  9. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1980:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  11. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  12. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  13. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41282/45188041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus ruficaudatus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826

Family

Leporidae

Root name

ruficaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1992-2011

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1992-2011

Authority page

381

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48196246

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:294, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Blyth (1863:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  4. Stoliczka (1872:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)
  5. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)

Lepus sadiya

Kloss, 1918

Family

Leporidae

Root name

sadiya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 9165

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126895

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Lepus cutchensis

Kloss, 1918

Family

Leporidae

Root name

cutchensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 9827

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126891

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus melanochen

Lesson, 1842

Family

Leporidae

Root name

melanochen

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Lepus nigricollis aryabertensis

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

aryabertensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus nigricollis dayanus

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

dayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus nigricollis nigricollis

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nigricollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus nigricollis ruficaudatus

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

ruficaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus nigricollis sadiya

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

sadiya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus nigricollis simcoxi

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

simcoxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus melanauchen

Temminck, 1836

Family

Leporidae

Root name

melanauchen

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51389717

Authority publication

Leiden

Lepus aryabertensis

Hodgson, 1844

Family

Leporidae

Root name

aryabertensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

293

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405528

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Lepus tytleri

Tytler, 1854

Family

Leporidae

Root name

tytleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659635

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus joongshaiensis

J. A. Murray, 1884

Family

Leporidae

Root name

joongshaiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

51

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

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