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Lepus americanus (snowshoe hare)

Osteichthyes - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Lepus americanus Erxleben
1980Lepus americanus Kurten and Anderson p. 282
2025Lepus americanus Eshelman et al. p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
subfamilyLeporinaeTrouessart 1880
genusLepus
speciesamericanusErxleben 1777

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 americanus Erxleben 1777 [snowshoe hare]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:52:57
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Lepus americanus (74240)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) Lepus americanus (20290)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Lepus americanus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Lepus americanus (20503)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Canada (Yukon) Lepus americanus (20434 20436)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Lepus americanus (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Lepus americanus (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Lepus americanus (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Lepus americanus (93379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Lepus americanus (83951)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Lepus americanus (82258 103991 104664 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Lepus americanus (20635)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Lepus americanus (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Lepus americanus (104035)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Lepus americanus (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Lepus americanus (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Lepus americanus (162133)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Lepus americanus (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Lepus americanus (228921)