Poelagus marjorita

(St. Leger, 1929)

Bunyoro Rabbit

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

St. Leger, J. 1929-09-01. An interesting collection of mammals, with a remarkable new species of hare from Uganda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)4(21):290-294.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932908673056

Original name as described

Lepus marjorita

Other common names

Uganda Grass Hare

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1929.5.14.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e6a55132-3716-4beb-9381-a55d6b0e93e2

Type locality

"Near Masindi, Bunyoro [= Bunyuru], Uganda, 4000 ft [1219 m]," Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Central African Republic · South Sudan · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001115

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 marjorita

(St. Leger, 1929)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

marjorita

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1929.5.14.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e6a55132-3716-4beb-9381-a55d6b0e93e2

Authority page

292

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Poëlagus marjorita larkeni

St. Leger, 1935

Family

Leporidae

Root name

larkeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.4.10.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/86439f9d-a189-4725-a484-7158d48c779a

Authority page

598

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Poëlagus marjorita oweni

Setzer, 1956

Family

Leporidae

Root name

oweni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:73950

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=caae780b-0635-42fc-95c6-56813b188686

Authority page

472

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489078

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Poelagus marjorita

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Leporidae

Root name

marjorita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

198

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  4. Happold (2013:710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41292/45189965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus marjorita ruandensis

(Schouteden, 1947)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

ruandensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

536

Authority publication

Annales du Musée du Congo

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