Lepus brachyurus

Temminck, 1844

Japanese Hare

Lepus brachyurus brachyurus.
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Location:Japan, Tokyo, Hino, Tama Zoological ParkDate taken:7 May 2018Description:Lepus brachyurus brachyurus.

Distribution :

Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Oki Isls and Sado Isl (Japan).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5504

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

Temminck, C.J. 1844. Aflevering 2. Pp. 25–59 in Temminck, C.J. Fauna Japonica. Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les îles qui en dépendent. A. Arnz & Co., Leiden, 59 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607628 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607728

Original name as described

Lepus brachyurus

Type material

RMNH.MAM.17930

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17930

Type locality

"tout l'Empire mais surtout dans l'île de Jezo" (= Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001082

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: 6 names and synonyms.

Lepus brachyurus

Temminck, 1844

Family

Leporidae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.17930

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Il est répandu dans tout l'Empire mais surtout dans l'ile de Jezo.

Type locality

Japan: Kyūshū Region: Nagasaki Prefecture.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17930

Authority page

44, pl. 11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607628 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607728

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Murray (1866:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Fitzinger (1867:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Wallace (1880:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68070)
Trouessart (1897:653, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
Trouessart (1904:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas (1906:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:442, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:598, 599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann (1993:815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41275/45186064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus brachyurus okiensis

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Leporidae

Root name

okiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.4.389

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Dogo Island. 100'.

Type locality

Japan: Chūgoku Region: Shimane Prefecture.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b8ca2914-e1a0-4829-aef9-bb2d3f39bf9e

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888092

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1906:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:442, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus brachyurus angustidens

Hollister, 1912

Family

Leporidae

Root name

angustidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:13871 (= USNM:MAMM:A38514)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tate Yama Mountain, Hondo Island, Japan

Type locality

Japan: Chūbu Region: Toyama Prefecture.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f87d77bd-4db7-42c9-bc18-ddca4f1f0738

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337590

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:443, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus brachyurus etigo

Y. Abe, 1918

Family

Leporidae

Root name

etigo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Japan: Tōhoku Region: Yamagata Prefecture: 38°51′N, 139°58′E.

Authority page

252, 330

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10209243 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10209327

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Name usages

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

Lepus brachyurus lyoni

Kishida, 1937

Family

Leporidae

Root name

lyoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Japan: Chūbu Region: Niigata Prefecture.

Authority page

747

Authority publication

Rigakukai

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:443, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus brachyurus brachyurus:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Leporidae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

442

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722743

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:442, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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