Lepus coreanus Thomas, 1892

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 816-817

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scientific name	Lepus coreanus Thomas, 1892
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Lepus coreanus Thomas, 1892 View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 9:146.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Söul " [Seoul], Korea .

DISTRIBUTION: Korea; S Kirin, S Liaoning, E Heilungjiang ( China).

STATUS: Secure at present ( Flux and Angermann, 1990).

SYNONYMS: Monotypic.

COMMENTS: Formerly included in sinensis ( Corbet, 1978c) or in brachyurus ( Kim and Kim, 1974) ; here considered distinct, following Flux and Angermann (1990) and Jones and Johnson (1965). Angermann (in litt., 1992) suggested that coreanus and mandshuricus are conspecific.

References

Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.

Flux, J. E. C., and R. Angermann. 1990. The hares and jackrabbits. Pp. 61 - 94, in Rabbits, hares and pikas (J. A. Chapman and J. E. C. Flux, eds.). I. U. C. N., Gland, Switzerland, 168 pp.

Jones, J. K., Jr., and D. H. Johnson. 1965. Synopsis of the lagomorphs and rodents of Korea. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 16: 357 - 407.

Kim Sang Wook, and Kim Woo Ki. 1974. Avi-mammalian fauna of Korea. Wildlife population census in Korea, Forest Research Institute, Office of Forestry, 5: 1 - 118.