Lepus Linnaeus, 1758
Jänikset
Hares
Lepus Linnaeus, 1758; ; TS : Lepus timidus Linnaeus
Chionobates
Eulepus
Allolagus
Eulagus
Tarimolagus
Proeulagus Gureev, 1964; ; TS : Lepus oiostolus Hodgson
700x636 (~52Kb) FINLAND: N: Espoo, Tapiola, 667:37, 9.6.1997, Photo © Markku Savela
The exact identification of this species is still unknown,
but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.
Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758
Palearctic, Africa (non-forested). See [maps ]
Cape hare
Brown Hare
Rusakko
Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758; ; TL : Cape of Good Hope
capensis europaeus Pallas, 1778; ; TL : Burgundy, France
alba
aguilonius
argenteogrisea
biarmicus
borealis Kuznetsov
?campestris
campicola
caspicus ; (Asrakhan, Russia)
caucasicus ; (N. Caucasus)
cinereus
?coronatus
cyrensis ; (Azerbaijan)
flavus
gallaecius
hispanicus ; (SE. Spain)
hybridus ; (Moscow region, USSR)
hyemalis
granatensis
iturissius
judeae ; (Palestine)
kalmykorum
karpathorum
lilfordi
?maculatus
medium
meridiei
meridionalis
niethammeri
niger
?nigricans
occidentalis ; (Britain)
parnassius ; (Greece)
ponticus
pyrenaicus
?rufus
syriacus ; (Syria)
tesquorum ; (Ukraine)
transsylvanicus
tumak
Lepus cyanotis Blanchard, 1957; ; TL : Lanslebourg, Savoie, France, 2600 m
capensis schlumbergeri Saint-Loup, 1894; (N. Africa); TL : NE. Morocco
atlanticus ; (SW. Morocco)
barcaeus ; (Cyrenaica)
harteri ; (Rio de Oro)
innesi
kabylicus ; (Algeria)
maroccanus
pallidior
pediaeus
rothschildi ; (Egypt)
sefranus
sherif
tunetae ; (Tunisia)
whitakeri ; (Tripolitania)
capensis arabicus Ehrenberg, 1833; ; TL : Qunfidha, S. of Mecca
cheesmani ; (S. of Bahrain)
omanensis ; (Oman)
?sinaiticus ; (Sinai)
Lepus capensis atallahi Harrison, 1972; ; TL : Isa, Bahrain Island
capensis tibetanus Waterhouse, 1841; ; TL : Kashmir
aralensis
lehmanni ; (lower Amu Darya, Turkestan)
pamirensis ; (Pamirs)
craspedotis ; (Baluchista)
?stoliczkanus ; (W. Sinkiang)
?biddulphi
?kaschgaricus
zaixanicus ; (E. of L. Balkash)
buchariensis ; (Tadzhikistan)
desertorum ; (Turkmenia)
capensis tolai Pallas, 1778; ; TL : upper Amur Basin SE of L. Baikal
aurigineus ; (China)
brevinasus
butlerowi
cinnamomeus ; (Szechuan)
filchneri ; (S. Shensi)
gansuicus ; (Kansu)
gobicus ; (Mongolia)
kessleri
przewalski ; (Tsaidam)
quercerus ; (Altai Mts)
sowerbyae ; (N. Shansi)
stegmanni
subluteus
swinhoei
capensis mediterraneus Wagner, 1841; (Sardinia)
typicus
capensis corsicanus de Winton, 1898; (Corsica)
capensis creticus Barrett-Hamilton, 1903; (Crete)
capensis cyprius Barrett-Hamilton, 1903; (Cyprus)
capensis ghigii de Beaux, 1927; (Stampalia Island, Aegian Sea)
?capensis aegyptius Desmarest, 1882; (Egypt)
Lepus capensis aegyptius ; [CoL ]
Lepus capensis aquilo ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus capensis arabicus ; [CoL ]
Lepus capensis atlanticus ; [CoL ]
Lepus capensis capensis ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus capensis carpi ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus capensis granti ; [CoL ]
Lepus capensis hawkeri ; [CoL ]
Lepus capensis isabellinus ; [CoL ]
Lepus capensis mediterraneus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus capensis schlumbergeri ; [CoL ]
Lepus capensis sinaiticus ; [CoL ]
Lepus capensis whitakeri ; [CoL ]
Lepus capensis ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus corsicanus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus europaeus caspicus ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus connori ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus creticus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus europaeus cyprius ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus europaeus cyrensis ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus europaeus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus europaeus hybridus ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus judeae ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus karpathorum ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus medius ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus occidentalis ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus parnassius ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus ponticus ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus rhodius ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus syriacus ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus transsylvanicus ; [CoL ]
Lepus europaeus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus granatensis gallaecius ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus granatensis granatensis ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus granatensis solisi ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus granatensis ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus tibetanus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus tolai aurigineus ; [CoL ]
Lepus tolai buchariensis ; [CoL ]
Lepus tolai centrasiaticus ; [CoL ]
Lepus tolai cheybani ; [CoL ]
Lepus tolai cinnamomeus ; [CoL ]
Lepus tolai filchneri ; [CoL ]
Lepus tolai huangshuiensis ; [CoL ]
Lepus tolai lehmanni ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus tolai swinhoei ; [CoL ]
Lepus tolai tolai ; [CoL ]
Lepus tolai ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758
NEU, Siberia (tundra and coniferous forest zones), C.Asia, Alps, Ireland, Scotland, Sakhalin, Hokkaido, Alaska - Labrador, Greenland. See [maps ]
Metsäjänis
Varying Hare
Mountain Hare
Arctic Hare
Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758; ; TL : Sweden
variabilis
septentrionalis
typicus
abei ; (Kurile Is.)
algidus
alpinus Erxleben
altaicus
begitschevi ; (Taimyr Peninsula)
borealis
canescens
collinus
gichiganus
kamtschaticus ; (Kamchatka - nom. nud)
kolymensis
kozhevnikovi ; (European Russia)
lugubris ; (Altai Mts)
mordeni ; (SE. Siberia)
orii ; (Sakhalin)
rubustus
saghalinensis
sclavonius
sibiricourm ; (W. Siberia)
sylvaticus
transbaicalicus ; (L. Baikal)
tschuktschorum ; (NE. Siberia)
timidis varronis Miller, 1901; (Alps)
breviauritus
timidus hibernicus Bell, 1837; (Ireland)
lutescens
timidus scoticus Hilzheimer, 1906; (Scotland)
?albus Leach
timidus ainu Barrett-Hamilton, 1900; (Hokkaido, Japan)
timidus arcticus Ross, 1819; (N. Canada)
timidus groenlandicus Rhoads, 1896; (Greenland)
timidus othus Merriam, 1900; (Alaska)
Lepus arcticus andersoni ; [CoL ]
Lepus arcticus arcticus ; [CoL ]
Lepus arcticus bangsii ; [CoL ]
Lepus arcticus banksicola ; [CoL ]
Lepus arcticus groenlandicus ; [CoL ]
Lepus arcticus hubbardi ; [CoL ]
Lepus arcticus labradorius ; [CoL ]
Lepus arcticus monstrabilis ; [CoL ]
Lepus arcticus porsildi ; [CoL ]
Lepus arcticus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus othus othus ; [CoL ]
Lepus othus poadromus ; [CoL ]
Lepus othus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus timidus ainu ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus timidus begitschevi ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus gichiganus ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus hibernicus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus timidus kamtschaticus ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus kolymensis ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus kozhevnikovi ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus lugubris ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus mordeni ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus orii ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus scoticus ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus sibiricorum ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus sylvaticus ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus timidus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus timidus transbaicalicus ; [CoL ]
Lepus timidus varronis ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus timidus ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Lepus oiostolus Hodgson, 1840
Tibet (Ladak - Yunnan), Chinghai - Szechuan - Nan Shan. See [maps ]
Woolly Hare
Lepus oiostolus Hodgson, 1840; (S. Tibet)
?comus ; (Yunnan)
grahami
hypsibius ; (Ladak)
illuteus
kozlovi ; (SE. Tibet)
?oemodias
pallipes
sechuanensis ; (NW. Szechuan)
?tsaidamensis ; (SW of Koko-Nor)
Lepus sinensis Gray, 1832
Korea, China (lowland south of the Yangtze Kiang), Taiwan. See [maps ]
Chinese Hare
Lepus sinensis Gray, 1832; (Canton, S.China)
flaviventris ; (Fukien)
sinensis coreanus Thomas, 1892; (Korea)
sinensis formosus Thomas, 1908; (Taiwan)
Lepus brachyurus Temminck, 1844
Japan. See [maps ]
Japanese Hare
Lepus brachyurus Temminck, 1844; (Kyushu, Japan)
brachyurus angustidens Hollister, 1912; (NW. Honshu)
etigo
brachyurus okiensis Thomas, 1906; (Oki Is.)
brachyurus lyoni Kishida, 1937; (Sado Is.)
Lepus mandschuricus Radde, 1861
Amur, Manchuria, N.Korea. See [maps ]
Manchurian Hare
Lepus mandschuricus Radde, 1861; (Bureja Mts, Amur basin)
melanonotus
Lepus yarkandensis Günther, 1875
SW.Sinkiang (steppes). See [maps ]
Yarkand Hare
Lepus yarkandensis Günther, 1875; (Yarkand, Sinkiang)
24.1.1998 (7)
References:
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[iNaturalist]
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