Caprolagus hispidus (Pearson 1838)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 185-211 : 194

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scientific name	Caprolagus hispidus (Pearson 1838)
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[Lepus] hispidus Pearson 1838 , in: M'Clelland, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., Vol. 1838: 152.

Type Locality: "...Assam,...base of the Boutan [ Bhutan] mountains" [ India].

Vernacular Names: Hispid Hare.

Distribution: S Himalaya foothills from Uttar Pradesh ( India) through Nepal and West Bengal to Assam ( India), and south through NW Bangladesh. Since 1951 there have been very few reports from Uttar Pradesh and Assam; see Santapau and Humayun (1960), Mallinson (1971), and Ghose (1978). Presently known distribution summarized by Bell et al. (1990).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered, and IUCN – Endangered.