Lepus othus

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Alaskan Hare

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1900-03-14. Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. I. Descriptions of twenty-six new mammals from Alaska and British North America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:13-30.

Original name as described

Lepus othus

Other common names

Alaska Arctic Hare · Alaska Peninsula Hare · Alaska Tundra Hare · St. Michael's Hare · Tundra Hare · Swift Hare

Type material

USNM:MAMM:A15883

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"St. Michaels, [Norton Sound], Alaska," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Palearctic

Country distribution

United States · Russia

Subregion distribution

USA(AK)

Taxonomy notes

the name tschuktschorum has priority over othus and is likely the best name for the species, but the name othus is tentatively retained pending further revision to clarify distributional limits in Russia

Taxonomy notes citation

Cason, M. M., Baltensperger, A. P., Booms, T. L., Burns, J. J., & Olson, L. E. (2016). Revised distribution of an Alaskan endemic, the Alaska Hare (Lepus othus), with implications for taxonomy, biogeography, and climate change. Arctic Science, 2(2), 50-66.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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