Lepus alleni Mearns 1890 (antelope jackrabbit)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Synonyms: Hypolagus giganteus Brown 1908, Lepus giganteus Brown 1908

Belongs to Lepus according to Mearns 1890

See also Kurten and Anderson 1980, Schultz and Howard 1935 and Wilson 1937

Sister taxa: Lepus americanus, Lepus arcticus, Lepus benjamini, Lepus californicus, Lepus callotis, Lepus capensis, Lepus ennisianus, Lepus europaeus, Lepus othus, Lepus somaliensis, Lepus timidus, Lepus townsendii, Lepus whytei

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Arkansas, New Mexico collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.