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

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.

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

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