Lepus mediterraneus
J. A. Wagner, 1841
Mediterranean Hare
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Lagomorpha |
| Family | : Leporidae |
| Genus | : Lepus |
| Subgenus | : incertae sedis |
Species status
Authority citation
Wagner, J.A. 1841-03-17. Gruppirung der Gattungen der Nager. Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 12(54):433-440.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039524528?urlappend=%3Bseq=223%3Bownerid=118028590-222Original name as described
Lepus mediterraneus
Other common names
Northwest African Hare · Sardinian Hare ·
Type locality
Sardinia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Italy
Taxonomy notes
split from L. capensis; this species incorporates portions of the distribution previously applied to L. capensis from North Africa from Morocco to Egypt, as well as Sardinia, however, populations from eastern African and Asia are tentatively maintained under L. capensis, although the species likely still represents a species complex; the name applied to this species has been included under L. capensis or L. granatensis, and is used to represent this species here, but there are other name (such as some Egyptian names currently under L. capensis) that may apply to this species that are older than mediterraneus
Taxonomy notes citation
Soria-Boix, C., Donat-Torres, M. P., Rguibi Idrissi, H., & Urios, V. (2019). Evolutionary ecology of hares (Lepus spp.) from northwestern Africa; The problem of cryptic species and the description of a new species (Lepus saharae sp. nov.). Evolutionary Ecology Research (Online), 20(5), 537-555.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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