Lepus americanus

Erxleben, 1777

Snowshoe Hare

Lepus americanus bairdii. Side view, in brown summer coat. Also as Snowshoe Rabbit|Varying Hare.
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Location:USA, WY, Yellowstone National ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1977

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 246

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

Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873127

Original name as described

Lepus americanus

Other common names

Snowshoe Rabbit · Varying Hare

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"in America boreeli, ad fretum Hudsonis copiosissimus." Restricted by E. W. Nelson in 1909 to "Fort Severn, " Ontario, Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK, WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, CA, NV, UT, CO, NM, NE, MN, ND, SD, WI, MI, TN, WV, VA, MD, PA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001080

Country distribution map

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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: 41 names and synonyms.

Lepus americanus

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Leporidae

Root name

americanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

330

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873127

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Gmelin (1788:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  3. Kerr (1792:279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  4. Link (1795:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  5. Turton (1802:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  6. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  7. Treviranus (1803:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  8. Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  9. Muirhead (1819:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  10. Desmarest (1822:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  11. Sabine (1823:664, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68385)
  12. Godman (1826:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)
  13. Fischer (1829:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  14. Gapper (1830:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68621)
  15. Cuvier (1833:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  16. Burmeister (1837:807, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  17. Lesson (1842:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  18. De Kay (1842:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  19. Wagner (1844:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68331)
  20. Wied-Neuwied (1862:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68471)
  21. Murray (1866:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  22. Fitzinger (1867:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  23. Allen (1877:304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16807)
  24. Brayton (1882:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71942)
  25. True (1885:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  26. Bangs (1897:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16570)
  27. Trouessart (1897:656, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  28. Osgood (1901:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14861)
  29. Lyon (1904:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  30. Trouessart (1904:544, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  31. Copeland & Church (1906:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34311)
  32. Nelson (1909:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14929)
  33. Hall (1934:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
  34. Bailey (1936:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  35. Dalquest (1942:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34253)
  36. Orr (1949:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  37. Corbet & Hill (1980:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  38. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  39. Heaton (1985:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)
  40. Corbet & Hill (1991:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  41. Hoffmann (1993:814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
  42. Aver'yanov (1998:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67339)
  43. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  44. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  45. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  46. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  47. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  48. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  49. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41273/45185466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus hudsonius

Pallas, 1778

Family

Leporidae

Root name

hudsonius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494839

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Boddaert (1785:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  3. Lesson (1827:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus nanus

von Schreber, 1789

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 234B

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059606

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Wolf (1808:579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  2. Goldfuss (1809:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  3. Schinz (1821:318, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Schinz (1825:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  5. De Kay (1842:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  6. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus Wardii

H. R. Schinz, 1825

Family

Leporidae

Root name

wardii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

428

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523845

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1825:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)

Lepus virginianus

Harlan, 1825

Family

Leporidae

Root name

virginianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3194469

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:296, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Fischer (1829:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Lesson (1842:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Lepus borealis

H. R. Schinz, 1845

Family

Leporidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

286

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus Washingtonii

S. F. Baird, 1855

Family

Leporidae

Root name

washingtonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:280 (= MCZ:Mamm:5500) (= USNM:MAMM:A1223)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37e57a3b7-cbd6-4c7a-83b2-36d9776d373b https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:MAMM:5500

Authority page

333

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694447

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  3. Kellogg (1916:376, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69086)
  4. Grinnell, Dixon & Linsdale (1930:544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71835)

Lepus Bairdii

Hayden, 1869

Family

Leporidae

Root name

bairdii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:4262 (= USNM:MAMM:A3801)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33e9310a7-ab62-4180-bb1e-fb65da994859

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41206846

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Lepus americanus var. washingtoni

J. A. Allen, 1875

Family

Leporidae

Root name

washingtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

434

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1877:304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16807)
  2. True (1885:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Trouessart (1904:544, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Dalquest (1942:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34253)
  5. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus americanus Var. americanus

J. A. Allen, 1877

Family

Leporidae

Root name

americanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001094

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Allen (1877:304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16807)
  2. True (1885:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Bangs (1897:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16570)
  4. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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