Lepus tolai Pallas 1778
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Lagomorpha
Leporidae
Lepus
Lepus tolai

description: <i>Lepus tolai</i> Pallas, 1778. Nova Spec. Quad. Glir. Ord., p. 17. TYPE LOCALITY: "Caeterum in montibus aprecis campisque rupestribus vel arenosis circa Selengam... " Restricted by Ognev (1940:162) to "... valley of the Selenga River...." [Russia]. DISTRIBUTION: Steppes N of Caspian Sea southward along eastern shore of Caspian to E Iran; eastward through Afghanistan; Kazakhstan and S Siberia, Middle Asian republics to Mongolia; and W, C, and NE China. STATUS: Populations in China (and perhaps elsewhere) have declined due to intensified agriculture and increased use of pesticides (Flux and Angermann, 1990). SYNONYMS: <i>aralensis</i> Severtsov, 1861; <i>aurigineus</i> Hollister, 1912; <i>biddulphi</i> Blanford, 1877; <i>brevinasus</i> J. Allen, 1909; <i>buchariensis</i> Ognev, 1922; <i>butlerowi</i> Bogdanov, 1882; <i>centrasiaticus</i> Satunin, 1907; <i>cheybani</i> Baloutch, 1978; <i>cinnamomeus</i> H. Smith, 1940; <i>craspedotis</i> Blanford, 1875; <i>desertorum</i> Ognev and Heptner, 1928; <i>filchneri</i> Matschie, 1907; <i>gansuicus</i> Satunin, 1907; <i>gobicus</i> Satunin, 1907; <i>habibi</i> Baloutch, 1978; <i>huangshuiensis</i> Luo, 1982; <i>kaschgaricus</i> Satunin, 1907; <i>kessleri</i> Bogdanov, 1882; <i>lehmanni</i> Severtsov, 1873; <i>pamirensis</i> Günther, 1875; <i>petteri</i> Baloutch, 1978; <i>quercerus</i> Hollister, 1912; <i>sowerbyae</i> Hollister, 1912; <i>stegmanni</i> Matschie, 1907; <i>stoliczkanus</i> Blanford, 1875; <i>subluteus</i> Thomas, 1908; <i>swinhoei</i> Thomas, 1894; <i>tibetanus</i> Waterhouse, 1841; <i>turcomanus</i> Heptner, 1934; <i>zaisanicus</i> Satunin, 1907. COMMENTS: Subgenus <i>Proeulagus</i> (Gureev, 1964:198). Formerly included in <i>capensis</i> or <i>europaeus;</i> see comments therein. Includes <i>tibetanus;</i> but see also Sokolov and Orlov (1980:85); Qui (1989) also provided evidence of differentiation of <i>tibetanus</i> but did not address specific status. Formerly included <i>przewalskii,</i> now assigned to <i>L. oiostolus;</i> see Cai and Feng (1982). "The situation in [southern] Iraq [and SW Iran] deserves a more detailed analysis (Angermann, 1983:19). <i>L. tolai petteri</i> occurs westward to about 55°- 56°E, while <i>L. c. arabicus</i> occurs eastward to SE Iraq. Whether the two forms come into contact is not known, but their ranges may be separated by that of <i>L. europaeus astaricus</i> in SW Iran (and <i>L. e. connorii);</i> see Baloutch (1978) and Angermann (1983). Angermann (in litt., 1992) considered <i>tolai</i> conspecific with <i>capensis.</i> According to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:430) the type locality should be "Adinscholo Mountain, near Tchinden [Chinden = Chindant], on Borsja [Boriya] River, a tributary of the Onon River, Eastern Siberia." This locality is more than 700 km east of the Selanga River.
description: Published as part of <i>Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 807-827 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on page 821, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353088
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