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Lepus (hare)
Taxonomy
Lepus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Leporidae.
It was assigned to Glires by Linnaeus (1758); to Duplicidentata by Illiger (1811); to Leporinorum by Fischer de Waldheim (1817); to Leporina by Gray (1825); to Rodentia by Leidy (1860); to Leporinae by Dawson (1958) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Leporidae by Hay (1902), Schultz and Howard (1935) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Glires by Linnaeus (1758); to Duplicidentata by Illiger (1811); to Leporinorum by Fischer de Waldheim (1817); to Leporina by Gray (1825); to Rodentia by Leidy (1860); to Leporinae by Dawson (1958) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Leporidae by Hay (1902), Schultz and Howard (1935) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Lepus Linnaeus p. 57 |
| 1811 | Lepus Illiger p. 91 |
| 1817 | Lepus Fischer de Waldheim p. 409 |
| 1825 | Lepus Gray p. 341 |
| 1860 | Lepus Leidy p. 113 |
| 1902 | Lepus Hay p. 736 |
| 1935 | Lepus Schultz and Howard p. 278 |
| 1958 | Lepus Dawson p. 60 |
| 1980 | Lepus Kurten and Anderson p. 281 |
| 1997 | Lepus McKenna and Bell |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Lepus Linnaeus 1758 [hare]
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Lepus alleni Mearns 1890 [antelope jackrabbit]
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Invalid names: Lepus giganteus Brown 1908 [synonym]
Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777 [snowshoe hare]
Lepus arcticus Ross 1819
†Lepus benjamini Hay 1921
Lepus californicus Gray 1837 [black-tailed jackrabbit]
Lepus callotis Wagler 1830
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 [cape hare]
†Lepus ennisianus Cope 1881
Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778 [European hare]
Lepus othus Merriam 1900
Lepus somaliensis Heuglin 1861
Lepus timidus Linnaeus 1758 [mountain hare]
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Invalid names: Lepus hibernicus Bell 1837 [synonym], Lepus variabilis Pallas 1778 [synonym]
Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839 [white-tailed jackrabbit]
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Invalid names: Lepus campestris Bachman 1837 [synonym]
Lepus whytei Thomas 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available