Lepus timidus

Linnaeus, 1758

Mountain Hare

Winter pelage. Also as Blue Hare|Snow Hare|Eurasian Arctic Hare|Varying Hare|White Hare.
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Location: Russia, Kaluga province, Vorobi Bird ParkDate taken: Dec 2, 2008

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5329

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033868

Original name as described

Lepus timidus

Other common names

Blue Hare · Snow Hare · Eurasian Arctic Hare · Varying Hare · White Hare · Irish Hare · Alpine Mountain Hare

Type locality

"in Europa [= Uppsala, Sweden]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

United Kingdom · Ireland · France · Italy · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Austria · Slovenia · Germany · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania · Belarus · Poland · Ukraine · Russia · Kazakhstan · China · Mongolia · Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001106

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.

Total: 62 names and synonyms.

Lepus timidus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Leporidae

Root name

timidus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033868

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Berkenhout (1769:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25813724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68488)
  4. Boddaert (1772:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  5. Müller (1776:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  6. Erxleben (1777:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  7. Leske (1779:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  8. Borowski (1780:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  9. Gmelin (1788:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  10. Kerr (1792:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  11. Link (1795:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  12. Borkhausen (1797:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  13. Cuvier (1797:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  14. Lacépède (1799:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
  15. Daudin (1802:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  16. Turton (1802:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  17. Treviranus (1802:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  18. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  19. Treviranus (1803:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  20. Wolf (1808:571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  21. Goldfuss (1809:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  22. Fischer (1813:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  23. Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  24. Illiger (1815:63, 77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  25. Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  26. Voigt (1819:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  27. Muirhead (1819:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  28. Ranzani (1820:455, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27808035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  29. Goldfuss (1820:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
  30. Gray (1821:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  31. Schinz (1821:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  32. Desmarest (1822:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  33. Billberg (1827:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  34. Lesson (1827:293, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  35. Brincken (1828:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67578)
  36. Fischer (1829:370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  37. Wagler (1830:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  38. Burnett (1830:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  39. Eichwald (1831:366, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  40. Ménétries (1832:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41529508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69276)
  41. Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. y p. 2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)
  42. Cuvier (1833:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  43. Baillon (1834:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34171229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67511)
  44. Melchior (1834:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  45. Küster (1835:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13242316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67761)
  46. S.D.W. (1836:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
  47. Schinz (1837:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  48. Burmeister (1837:807, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  49. Nordmann (1839:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  50. Blyth (1840:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  51. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  52. Lesson (1842:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  53. Rochebrune (1843:217, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32688923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56971)
  54. Crespon (1844:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  55. Bonaparte (1845:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  56. Gistel (1848:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  57. Gervais (1850:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27348813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61633)
  58. Rosenhauer (1856:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42185390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69178)
  59. Gervais (1859:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61642)
  60. Crisp (1862:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)
  61. Blyth (1863:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  62. De Filippi (1865:343, https://books.google.com/books?id=nDFEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69095)
  63. Murray (1866:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  64. Fitzinger (1867:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  65. Sclater (1872:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  66. Allen (1877:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16807)
  67. True (1885:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  68. Schulze (1897:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  69. Trouessart (1897:649, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  70. Acloque (1900:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  71. Lyon (1904:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  72. Trouessart (1904:540, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  73. Thomas (1906:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)
  74. Hilzheimer (1908:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7987538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60640)
  75. Thomas (1909:504, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16316)
  76. Osborn (1910:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47352524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39483)
  77. Miller (1912:522, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  78. Ognëv (1913:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14956670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36183)
  79. Kuznetsov (1932:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68874)
  80. Kuroda (1933:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68962)
  81. Osgood (1943:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  82. Bibikov & Stogov (1963:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68884)
  83. Kurtén (1968:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  84. Corbet & Hill (1980:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  85. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:600, 601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  86. Corbet & Hill (1991:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  87. Hoffmann (1993:820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
  88. Aver'yanov (1998:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67339)
  89. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  90. Smith & Xie (2008:291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  91. Gippoliti (2013:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
  92. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  93. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  94. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  95. Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
  96. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  97. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11791/45177198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus timidus alpinus

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Leporidae

Root name

alpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

328

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873125

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus algidus

Pallas, 1778

Family

Leporidae

Root name

algidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494847

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

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

Lepus borealis

Pallas, 1778

Family

Leporidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494847

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Nilsson (1820:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  2. Melchior (1834:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  3. Bonaparte (1845:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  4. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus variabilis

Pallas, 1778

Family

Leporidae

Root name

variabilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494848

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:159, 165, 177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Zimmermann (1783:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Boddaert (1785:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  5. Gmelin (1788:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  6. Kerr (1792:278, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  7. Bechstein (1801:1112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
  8. Turton (1802:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  9. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  10. Treviranus (1803:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  11. Wolf (1808:575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  12. Goldfuss (1809:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  13. Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  14. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  15. Lichtenstein (1818:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68386)
  16. Ross (1819:151, https://books.google.com/books?id=VOEeV18ToFcC&pg=PA151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69239)
  17. Voigt (1819:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  18. Muirhead (1819:442, 444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  19. Muirhead (1819:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  20. Hemprich (1820:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  21. Schinz (1821:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  22. Desmarest (1822:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  23. Lesson (1827:296, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  24. Brincken (1828:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67578)
  25. Fischer (1829:372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  26. Wagler (1830:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  27. Eichwald (1831:366, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  28. Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. y p. 2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)
  29. Schinz (1837:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  30. Burmeister (1837:807, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  31. Blyth (1840:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  32. Lesson (1842:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  33. Bonaparte (1845:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  34. Gervais (1850:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27348813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61633)
  35. Schrenck (1859:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  36. Gervais (1859:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61642)
  37. Radde (1861:684, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  38. Radde (1862:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  39. Blyth (1863:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  40. Murray (1866:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  41. Fitzinger (1867:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  42. Nikol'skiy (1883:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  43. Elera (1895:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  44. Schulze (1897:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  45. Acloque (1900:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  46. Osborn (1910:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47352524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39483)
  47. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus variabilis hybridus

J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Family

Leporidae

Root name

hybridus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751381

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Bechstein (1801:1115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
  4. Wolf (1808:577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)

Lepus variabilis niger

J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Family

Leporidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751381

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Bechstein (1801:1115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
  3. Wolf (1808:576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  4. Fitzinger (1867:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Lepus septentrionalis

Link, 1795

Family

Leporidae

Root name

septentrionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272949

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

  1. Link (1795:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus albus

Leach, 1816

Family

Leporidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

7

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Ross (1819:151, https://books.google.com/books?id=VOEeV18ToFcC&pg=PA151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69239)
  2. S.D.W. (1836:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus tinidus

Hemprich, 1820

Family

Leporidae

Root name

tinidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Hemprich (1820:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)

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