Lepus Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Lagomorpha
Leporidae
Lepus

description: Lepus Linnaeus 1758
Lepus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 57.
Type Species: Lepus timidus Linnaeus 1758
Synonyms: Allolagus Ognev 1929; Boreolagus Barrett-Hamilton 1911; Chionobates Kaup 1829; Eulepus Acloque 1899; Lagos Palmer 1904.
Species and subspecies: 32 species with 108 subspecies in 9 subgenera:
Subgenus Lepus (Lepus) Linnaeus 1758
Subgenus Lepus (Macrotolagus) Mearns 1895
Subgenus Lepus (Poecilolagus) Lyon 1904
Subgenus Lepus (Proeulagus) Gureev 1964
Subgenus Lepus (Eulagos) Gray 1867
Subgenus Lepus (Sabanalagus) Averianov 1998
Subgenus Lepus (Indolagus) Gureev 1953
Subgenus Lepus (Sinolagus) Averianov 1998
Subgenus Lepus (Tarimolagus) Gureev 1947
Species Lepus (Macrotolagus) alleni Mearns 1890
Subspecies Lepus (Macrotolagus) alleni subsp. alleni Mearns 1890
Subspecies Lepus (Macrotolagus) alleni subsp. tiburonensis Townsend 1912
Species Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus Erxleben 1777
Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. americanus Erxleben 1777
Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. bairdii Hayden 1869
Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. cascadensis Nelson 1907
Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. dalli Merriam 1900
Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. struthopus Bangs 1898
Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. virginianus Harlan 1825
Species Lepus (Lepus) arcticus Ross 1819
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) arcticus subsp. arcticus Ross 1819
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) arcticus subsp. bangsii Rhoads 1896
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) arcticus subsp. groenlandicus Rhoads 1896
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) arcticus subsp. monstrabilis Nelson 1934
Species Lepus brachyurus Temminck 1845
Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. brachyurus Temminck 1845
Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. angustidens Hollister 1912
Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. lyoni Kishida 1937
Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. okiensis Thomas 1906
Species Lepus californicus Gray 1837
Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. californicus Gray 1837
Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. deserticola Mearns 1896
Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. insularis Bryant 1891
Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. magdalenae Nelson 1907
Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. melanotis Mearns 1890
Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. texianus Waterhouse 1848
Species Lepus callotis Wagler 1830
Subspecies Lepus callotis subsp. callotis Wagler 1830
Subspecies Lepus callotis subsp. gaillardi Mearns 1896
Species Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. capensis Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. aquilo Thomas and Wroughton 1907
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. carpi Lundholm 1955
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. granti Thomas and Schwann 1904
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. aegyptius Desmarest 1822
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. hawkeri Thomas 1901
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. isabellinus Cretzschmar 1826
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. sinaiticus Ehrenberg 1833
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. arabicus Ehrenberg 1833
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. schlumbergeri Remy-St. Loup 1894
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. atlanticus de Winton 1898
Subspecies Lepus capensis subsp. whitakeri Thomas 1902
Species Lepus (Eulagos) castroviejoi Palacios 1976
Species Lepus (Eulagos) comus Allen 1927
Species Lepus (Eulagos) coreanus Thomas 1892
Species Lepus corsicanus de Winton 1898
Species Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus Pallas 1778
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. europaeus Pallas 1778
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. caspicus Hemprich and Erhenberg 1832
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. connori Robinson 1918
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. creticus Barrett-Hamilton 1903
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. cyprius Barrett-Hamilton 1903
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. cyrensis Satunin 1905
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. hybridus Desmarest 1822
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. judeae Gray 1867
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. karpathorum Hilzheimer 1906
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. medius Nilsson 1820
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. occidentalis de Winton 1898
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. parnassius Miller 1903
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. ponticus Ognev 1929
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. rhodius Festa 1914
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. syriacus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
Subspecies Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus subsp. transsylvanicus Matschie 1901
Species Lepus (Sabanalagus) fagani Thomas 1902
Species Lepus flavigularis Wagner 1844
Species Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer 1856
Subspecies Lepus granatensis subsp. granatensis Rosenhauer 1856
Subspecies Lepus granatensis subsp. gallaecius Miller 1907
Subspecies Lepus granatensis subsp. solisi Palacios and Fernández 1992
Species Lepus habessinicus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
Species Lepus (Indolagus) hainanus Swinhoe 1870
Species Lepus (Proeulagus) insularis W. Bryant 1891
Species Lepus (Eulagos) mandshuricus Radde 1861
Species Lepus (Sabanalagus) microtis Heuglin 1865
Subspecies Lepus microtis subsp. microtis Heuglin 1865
Subspecies Lepus microtis subsp. angolensis Thomas 1904
Subspecies Lepus microtis subsp. senegalensis Rochebrune 1883
Subspecies Lepus microtis subsp. whytei Thomas 1894
Species Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis F. Cuvier 1823
Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. nigricollis F. Cuvier 1823
Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. aryabertensis Hodgson 1844
Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. dayanus Blanford 1874
Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. ruficaudatus Geoffroy 1826
Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. sadiya Kloss 1918
Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. simcoxi Wroughton 1912
Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. singhala Wroughton 1915
Species Lepus oiostolus Hodgson 1840
Subspecies Lepus oiostolus subsp. oiostolus Hodgson 1840
Subspecies Lepus oiostolus subsp. hypsibius Blanford 1875
Subspecies Lepus oiostolus subsp. pallipes Hodgson 1842
Subspecies Lepus oiostolus subsp. przewalskii Satunin 1907
Species Lepus (Lepus) othus Merriam 1900
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) othus subsp. othus Merriam 1900
Species Lepus (Indolagus) peguensis Blyth 1855
Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) peguensis subsp. peguensis Blyth 1855
Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) peguensis subsp. vassali Thomas 1906
Species Lepus saxatilis F. Cuvier 1823
Subspecies Lepus saxatilis subsp. saxatilis F. Cuvier 1823
Subspecies Lepus saxatilis subsp. subrufus Roberts 1913
Species Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis Gray 1832
Subspecies Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis subsp. sinensis Gray 1832
Subspecies Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis subsp. formosus Thomas 1908
Subspecies Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis subsp. yuenshanensis Shih 1930
Species Lepus (Eulagos) starcki Petter 1963
Species Lepus (Proeulagus) tibetanus Waterhouse 1841
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tibetanus subsp. tibetanus Waterhouse 1841
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tibetanus subsp. centrasiaticus Satunin 1907
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tibetanus subsp. craspedotis Blanford 1875
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tibetanus subsp. pamirensis Günther 1875
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tibetanus subsp. stoliczkanus Blanford 1875
Species Lepus (Lepus) timidus Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. timidus Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. ainu Barrett-Hamilton 1900
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. begitschevi Koljuschev 1936
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. gichiganus J. Allen 1903
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. hibernicus Bell 1837
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. kamtschaticus Dybowski 1922
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. kolymensis Ognev 1923
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. kozhevnikovi Ognev 1929
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. lugubris Kastschenko 1899
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. mordeni Goodwin 1933
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. orii Kuroda 1928
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. scoticus Hilzheimer 1906
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. sibiricorum Johanssen 1923
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. transbaicalicus Ognev 1929
Subspecies Lepus (Lepus) timidus subsp. varronis Miller 1901
Species Lepus (Proeulagus) tolai Pallas 1778
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tolai subsp. tolai Pallas 1778
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tolai subsp. aurigineus Hollister 1912
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tolai subsp. buchariensis Ognev 1922
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tolai subsp. cheybani Baloutch 1978
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tolai subsp. cinnamomeus Shamel 1940
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tolai subsp. filchneri Matschie 1907
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tolai subsp. lehmanni Severtsov 1873
Subspecies Lepus (Proeulagus) tolai subsp. swinhoei Thomas 1894
Species Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839
Subspecies Lepus townsendii subsp. townsendii Bachman 1839
Subspecies Lepus townsendii subsp. campanius Hollister 1915
Species Lepus yarkandensis Günther 1875
Discussion: Formerly included Bunolagus; see Petter (1972 b); and originally all other genera (Brachylagus, Caprolagus, Macrotolagus, Poelagus, Pronolagus, Romerolagus, Sylvilagus) in Leporidae except Pentalagus. The taxonomy of this genus remains controversial. L. crawshayi (including whytei), peguensis, ruficaudatus, and siamensis have been variously treated as separate species or have been included in nigricollis. L. europaeus, corsicanus, granatensis, mediterraneus, tolai, and tibetanus have been placed in capensis or treated as distinct species; see comments therein. For synonyms see (Pavlinov et al., 1995b).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 185-211 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 194, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519