Lepus brachyurus Temminck 1845

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 : 196

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scientific name	Lepus brachyurus Temminck 1845
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Lepus brachyurus Temminck 1845 , in: Siebold, Fauna Japonica, 1 (Mamm.): 44.

Type Locality: "...tout l'Empire mais surtout dans l'île de Jezo", Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan.

Vernacular Names: Japanese Hare.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. brachyurus Temminck 1845

Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. angustidens Hollister 1912

Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. lyoni Kishida 1937

Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. okiensis Thomas 1906

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

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus uncertain. Gureev (1964:150) and Gromov and Baranova (1981:63) placed this species in genus Caprolagus , subgenus Allolagus , but Averianov (1998) in subgenus Eulagos ; see also comment under mandshuricus . Hirikawa et al. (1992) analyzed variation in the insular populations of L. b. okiensis. Reviewed by Imaizumi (1970 b).