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Lepus timidus (mountain hare)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Lepus timidus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. etruscus, L. granatensis, L. mediterraneus, L. tanaiticus, L. terraerubrae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Lepus timidus Linnaeus p. 57
1778Lepus variabilis Pallas
1837Lepus hibernicus Bell
1848Lepus timidus Waterhouse p. 39
1848Lepus variabilis Waterhouse p. 51
1902Lepus timidus Hay p. 736
1911Lepus timidus Thomas p. 145
1995Lepus timidus Angerbjörn and Flux p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
subfamilyLeporinaeTrouessart 1880
genusLepus
speciestimidus

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.

Lepus timidus Linnaeus 1758 [mountain hare]
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Invalid names: Lepus hibernicus Bell 1837 [synonym], Lepus variabilis Pallas 1778 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available