Lepus peguensis

E. Blyth, 1855

Burmese 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

Blyth, E. 1855. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for July, 1855. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 24(5):469-481.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268769

Original name as described

Lepus peguensis

Other common names

Siamese Hare

Type material

ZSI 15660

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Pegu," Upper Pegu, Burma (= Myanmar).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · Laos · Thailand · Cambodia · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001101

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 siamensis

Bonhote, 1902

Family

Leporidae

Root name

siamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.7.7.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cfc1b815-9ecc-4adc-a9c1-aa47a45e3e61

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31575558

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. Corbet & Hill (1980:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus Vassali

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Leporidae

Root name

vassali

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.6.43

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b1e53202-dc12-42cb-aaec-7a4a678fd219

Authority page

425

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245643

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Lepus peguensis

E. Blyth, 1855

Family

Leporidae

Root name

peguensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15660

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

471

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268769

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41284/45188632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus peguensis peguensis

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

Family

Leporidae

Root name

peguensis

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 (2016:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus peguensis vassali

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

Family

Leporidae

Root name

vassali

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 (2016:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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