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Lepus capensis
Linnaeus, 1758
- Cape hare
(mammal)
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Eulagos (Subgenus)
..Lepus brachyurus (Species) - Japanese hare
..Lepus californicus (Species) - black-tailed jack rabbit
..Lepus castroviejoi (Species)
..Lepus comus (Species) - Yunnan hare
..Lepus coreanus (Species)
..Lepus corsicanus (Species)
..Lepus europaeus (Species) - brown hare
..Lepus granatensis (Species)
..Lepus mandshuricus (Species) - Manchurian hare
..Lepus oiostolus (Species) - woolly hare
..Lepus starcki (Species)
..Lepus townsendii (Species) - white-tailed jack rabbit
..Lepus capensis (Species) - Cape hare
....Lepus capensis aegyptius (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis aquilo (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis arabicus (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis atlanticus (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis capensis (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis carpi (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis granti (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis hawkeri (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis isabellinus (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis schlumbergeri (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis sinaiticus (Subspecies)
....Lepus capensis whitakeri (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 58.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Lepus capensis capensis
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
R.S. Hoffmann & A.T. Smith, 2005
: 197.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Lepus europaeus
Pallas, 1778
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Questionably
Synonymous name
:
Lepus granatensis
Rosenhauer, 1856
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Lepus tolai
Pallas, 1778
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Kaapse haas
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Cape hare
:
brown hare
Ref:
1994
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