Lepus timidus
Linnaeus, 1758
Mountain Hare
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Lagomorpha |
Family | : Leporidae |
Genus | : Lepus |
Subgenus | : Lepus |
Species status
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/25033868Original 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
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