Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis F. Cuvier 1823

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 : 201

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scientific name	Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis F. Cuvier 1823
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Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis F. Cuvier 1823 , Dict. Sci. Nat., 26: 307.

Type Locality: "Malabar" [Madras, India].

Vernacular Names: Indian Hare.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. nigricollis F. Cuvier 1823

Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. aryabertensis Hodgson 1844

Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. dayanus Blanford 1874

Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. ruficaudatus Geoffroy 1826

Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. sadiya Kloss 1918

Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. simcoxi Wroughton 1912

Subspecies Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis subsp. singhala Wroughton 1915

Distribution: Pakistan; India; Bangladesh, except Sunderbands; Sri Lanka; introduced into Java (?) and Mauritius, Gunnera Quoin, Anskya, Réunion and Cousin Isls in the Indian Ocean. Considered native to Java by McNeely (1981:931).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); if nigricollis is native to Java (rather than an introduced population), its numbers are now very low there.

Discussion: Subgenus Indolagus ( Gureev, 1964) . Placed in genus Caprolagus (Indolagus) by Gureev (1964:139). Includes ruficaudatus ; see Prater (1980) and Angermann (1983), but see Gureev (1964:142); ruficaudatus is closer to capensis according to Petter (1961 a), and nigricollis may include whytei, crawshayi , peguensis and siamensis; but also see comments under microtis , peguensis and saxatilis . Includes dayanus , given specific status by Gureev (1964:139).