Lepus townsendii

Bachman, 1839

White-tailed Jackrabbit

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bachman, J. 1839. Additional remarks on the genus Lepus, with corrections of a former paper, and descriptions of other species of quadrupeds found in North America. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(1):75-105.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623060

Original name as described

Lepus Townsendii

Other common names

Prairie Hare

Type material

ANSP 378

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"on the Walla-walla … river." Restricted by E. W. Nelson in 1909 to "old Fort Walla Walla," near the present town of Wallula, Walla Walla Co., Washington.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NE,UT,ND,IA,SD,MO,CA,KS,OR,MN,CO,MT,IL,ID,WY,NM,WA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001108

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lepus Townsendii

Bachman, 1839

Family

Leporidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 378

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623060

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Orr (1949:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41288/45189364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus campestris sierrae

C. H. Merriam, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

sierrae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:67863

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c39ebd9e-5f11-40de-a656-2a7bda25c855

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345547

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Lepus townsendii townsendii

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Leporidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805996

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus townsendi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Leporidae

Root name

townsendi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

198

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Lepus campestris

Bachman, 1837

Family

Leporidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677021

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. True (1885:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Allen (1896:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  4. Lyon (1904:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  5. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus campestris townsendi

C. H. Merriam, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

townsendi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345547

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Lepus townsendii campanius

Hollister, 1915

Family

Leporidae

Root name

campanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3338602

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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