Feldhase
It was first described as a species in 1898 by the British zoologist William Edward de Winton using specimens from Corsica. It was later regarded as a subspecies of the European hare ("L. europaeus") or both were treated as subspecies of the Cape hare ("L. capensis"). It is now often treated as a full species as it does not appear to hybridize with the European hare where their ranges overlap and studies of mitochondrial DNA suggest that it belongs to a distinct lineage which differentiated in isolated refuges during the last glacial period.