Lepus sinensis

J. E. Gray, 1832

Chinese Hare

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1832-10-08. [Part 12]. in Gray, J.E. 1832-1835. Illustrations of Indian Zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. II. Adolphus Richter and Co., London, plates pp.

Original name as described

Lepus sinensis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1838.10.29.23

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"China." Restricted by G. M. Allen in 1938 to "more or less in the region of Canton," Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Taiwan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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