Lepus starcki

F. Petter, 1963

Ethiopian Highland Hare

Also as Starck's Hare.
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Location:Ethiopia, Oromia region, Bale Mountains National ParkDate taken:26 July 2012Description:Also as Starck's Hare.

Distribution :

Central highlands of Ethiopia.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2428

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Petter, F. 1963. Nouveaux élements d'une révision des lièvres africains. Mammalia 27(2):238-255.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1963.27.2.238

Original name as described

Lepus capensis starcki

Other common names

Starck's Hare

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1937.2.24.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/64b57048-1abf-4866-9f68-58a05fc64644

Type locality

"Jeldu-Liban-Shoa, 2740 metres, 40 km W. Addis Abeba, " Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001104

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Lepus capensis starcki

F. Petter, 1963

Family

Leporidae

Root name

starcki

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1937.2.24.35

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Jeldu-Liban-Shoa, 2.740 metres, 40 km W. d'Addis-Abeba

Type locality

Ethiopia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/64b57048-1abf-4866-9f68-58a05fc64644

Authority page

239

Authority publication

Mammalia

Lepus starcki:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Leporidae

Root name

starcki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

210

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann (1993:820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
Happold (2013:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41287/45189235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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