Lepus Linnaeus, 1758

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 814

Lepus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:57 .

TYPE SPECIES: Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Allolagus Ognev, 1929; Boreolagus ; Barrett-Hamilton, 1911; Chionobates Kaup, 1829 ; Eulagos Gray, 1867 ; Eulepus Acloque, 1899 ; Indolagus Gureev, 1953; Lagos Palmer, 1904 ; Macrotolagus, Mearns, 1895; Poecilolagus Lyon, 1904 ; Proeulagus Gureev, 1964 ; Tarimolagus Gureev, 1947 .

COMMENTS: Formerly included Bunolagus ; see Petter (1972b); and originally all other genera except Pentalagus . The taxonomy of this genus remains controversial. L. crawshayi (including whytei), peguensis , ruficaudatus , and siamensis have been variously treated as separate species or have been included in nigricollis . L. europaeus , corsicanus , granatensis , tolai , and tibetanus have been placed in capensis or treated as distinct species; see comments therein.