Lepus starcki
F. Petter, 1963
Ethiopian Highland Hare
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Lagomorpha |
| Family | : Leporidae |
| Genus | : Lepus |
| Subgenus | : Eulagos |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Petter, F. 1963. Nouveaux élements d'une révision des lièvres africains. Mammalia 27(2):238-255.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1963.27.2.238Original name as described
Lepus capensis starcki
Other common names
Starck's Hare
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1937.2.24.35
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/64b57048-1abf-4866-9f68-58a05fc64644Type locality
"Jeldu-Liban-Shoa, 2740 metres, 40 km W. Addis Abeba," Ethiopia.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ethiopia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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