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Lepus
Linnaeus, 1758
- hares
(mammal)
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Leporidae (Family) - hares and rabbits
..†Alilepus (Genus)
..†Aluralagus (Genus)
..†Archaeolagus (Genus)
..†Aztlanolagus (Genus)
..Brachylagus (Genus) - pygmy rabbit
..Bunolagus (Genus) - bushman rabbit
..Caprolagus (Genus) - bristly rabbit
..†Chadrolagus (Genus)
..diseases
..†Gobiolagus (Genus)
..†Gripholagomys (Genus)
..†Hypolagus (Genus)
..†Hypsimylus (Genus)
..†Lepoides (Genus)
..†Litolagus (Genus)
..†Lushilagus (Genus)
..†Megalagus (Genus)
..†Mytonolagus (Genus)
..†Nekrolagus (Genus)
..Nesolagus (Genus) - Sumatra short-eared rabbit
..†Notolagus (Genus)
..†Ordolagus (Genus)
..Oryctolagus (Genus) - Old World rabbit
..†Palaeolagus (Genus)
..†Panolax (Genus)
..†Paranotolagus (Genus)
..Pentalagus (Genus) - Ryukyu rabbit
..†Pewelagus (Genus)
..†Pliopentalagus (Genus)
..Poelagus (Genus) - Central African rabbit
..†Pratilepus (Genus)
..†Procaprolagus (Genus)
..Pronolagus (Genus) - red rabbits
..†Pronotolagus (Genus)
..Romerolagus (Genus) - volcano rabbit
..†Serengetilagus (Genus)
..†Shamolagus (Genus)
..†Strenulagus (Genus)
..Sylvilagus (Genus) - cottontails
..†Trischizolagus (Genus)
..†Tsaganolagus (Genus)
..†Veterilepus (Genus)
..Lepus (Genus) - hares
....Eulagos (Subgenus)
....Indolagus (Subgenus)
....Lepus (Subgenus)
....Lepus habessinicus (Species) - Abyssinian hare
....†Lepus tanaiticus (Species)
....Macrotolagus (Subgenus)
....Poecilolagus (Subgenus)
....Proeulagus (Subgenus)
....Sabanalagus (Subgenus)
....Sinolagus (Subgenus)
....Tarimolagus (Subgenus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Linnaeus, C. 1735.
Syst. Nat.
[ed. 1]
: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 57.
Types
Type of
:
Leporidae
(Family)
Batsch, 1788
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Lepus
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Lepus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Bunolagus
(Genus)
Thomas, 1929
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Poecilolagus
(Subgenus)
Lyon, 1904
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
hazen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
hares
:
jack rabbits
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