Lepus fagani

O. Thomas, 1903

Ethiopian Hare

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Location:Ethiopia, Oromia region, near Lake Abijatta (Abiata)Date taken:29 November 2024

Distribution :

N and W Ethiopia, and adjacent SE Sudan, south to extreme NW Kenya.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7394

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

Thomas, O. 1903-04. On a collection of mammals from Abyssinia, including some from Lake Tsana, collected by Mr. Edward Degen. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902-II(2):308-316.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543416

Original name as described

Lepus fagani

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1902.9.9.54

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/879f6418-70fb-4d56-a2bc-ea0efaad624d

Type locality

"Zegi, Lake Tsana [= Tana] 4000 feet [1219 m], " Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Kenya · South Sudan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001091

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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: 1 name and synonym.

Lepus fagani

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Leporidae

Root name

fagani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.9.9.54

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Zegi, Lake Tsana, 4000 feet

Type locality

Ethiopia: 11°41′N, 37°19′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/879f6418-70fb-4d56-a2bc-ea0efaad624d

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543416

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1903:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16362)
Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
Trouessart (1904:542, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
Allen (1939:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1991:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann (1993:817) (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 (2013:701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11798/45178437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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