Lepus nigricollis

F. Cuvier, 1823

Indian Hare

Lepus nigricollis singhala. Also as Black-naped Hare.
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Location:Sri Lanka, Central province, Matale district, Sirigiya ForestDate taken:Jan 2, 2014

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2426

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

Cuvier, F. 1823. LIÈVRE, Lepus. (Mamm.). Pp. 299–316 in Anonymous. (eds.). Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Tome vingt-sixième. LEP–LIN. F. G. Levrault, Strasbourg, 553 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25515064

Original name as described

Lepus nigricollis

Other common names

Black-napped Hare · Indian Desert Hare · Rufous-tailed Hare

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1992-2010 (= MNHN:type:417) (= MNHN "2072"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1995-704

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1992-2010 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1995-704

Type locality

"Malabar, " Madras, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001098

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 24 names and synonyms.

Lepus nigricollis

F. Cuvier, 1823

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nigricollis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1992-2010 (= MNHN:type:417) (= MNHN "2072"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1995-704

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1992-2010 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1995-704

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25515064

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:297, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Fischer (1829:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Sykes (1831:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67691)
  4. Cuvier (1833:450, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  5. Ogilby (1839:lxviii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  6. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  7. Lesson (1842:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  8. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  9. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  10. Kelaart (1852:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  11. Fitzinger (1861:395, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
  12. Blyth (1863:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  13. Day (1863:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69416)
  14. Murray (1866:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  15. Fitzinger (1867:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  16. Jerdon (1867:225, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  17. Kelaart (1890:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)
  18. Trouessart (1897:652, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  19. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  20. Trouessart (1904:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  21. Wroughton (1921:552, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11626)
  22. Chasen (1940:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  23. Corbet & Hill (1980:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  24. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  25. Corbet & Hill (1991:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  26. Hoffmann (1993:819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
  27. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  28. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  29. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  30. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  31. Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
  32. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  33. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41282/45188041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus ruficaudatus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826

Family

Leporidae

Root name

ruficaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1992-2011 (= MNHN:type:418) (= MNHN "2019")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1992-2011

Authority page

381

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48196246

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:294, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Fischer (1829:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1831:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67807)
  4. Cuvier (1833:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  5. Ogilby (1839:lxviii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  6. Lesson (1842:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  7. Blyth (1863:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  8. Murray (1866:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  9. Fitzinger (1867:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  10. Jerdon (1867:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  11. Stoliczka (1872:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)
  12. Trouessart (1897:652, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  13. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  14. Trouessart (1904:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Lepus melanauchen

Temminck, 1836

Family

Leporidae

Root name

melanauchen

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51389717

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Lepus Indicus

B. H. Hodgson, 1840

Family

Leporidae

Root name

indicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

1186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935969

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Lepus macrotus

B. H. Hodgson, 1840

Family

Leporidae

Root name

macrotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.39

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dea39d0d-31b1-4f24-b71f-ab2d732946f2

Authority page

1185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935968

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1841:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
  2. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  3. Horsfield (1857:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  4. Fitzinger (1861:395, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
  5. Fitzinger (1867:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  6. Thomas (1918:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32316)
  7. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus melanochen

Lesson, 1842

Family

Leporidae

Root name

melanochen

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Lepus kurgosa

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Leporidae

Root name

kurgosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729813

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Lepus Aryabertensis

B. H. Hodgson, 1844

Family

Leporidae

Root name

aryabertensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

293

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405528

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

Hodgson (1844:293, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)

Lepus tytleri

Tytler, 1854

Family

Leporidae

Root name

tytleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659635

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lepus dayanus

Blanford, 1875

Family

Leporidae

Root name

dayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1890.4.9.3

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5cc56ce0-8b7b-4f93-9bef-91fe37c0e626

Authority page

663

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502870

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:652, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  3. Trouessart (1904:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Thomas (1918:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32316)

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