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Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Lagomorpha
family
Leporidae
genus
Lepus
species
Lepus timidus

Name

Synonyms
Lepus hibernicus Bell, 1837
Lepus lutescens
Lepus othus tschuktschorum Nordquist, 1883
Lepus timidus tschuktschorum Nordquist, 1883
Lepus variabilis Pallas, 1778
Homonyms
Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Alpine Mountain Hare in English
Alpine Mountain Hare in English
Alpine Mountain Hare (varronis) in English
Alpine Mountain Hare (varronis) in English
Arctic Hare in English
Baltasis kiškis in Lithuanian
Baltasis kiškis in Lithuanian
Bijeli zec in Croatian
Blanc live in Walloon
Blue Hare in English
Blue Hare in English
Eurasian Arctic Hare in English
Eurasian Arctic Hare in English
Eurasian arctic hare in language.
Fjellhare in Norwegian Bokmål
Gad-venez in Breton
Giorria Sléibhe in Irish
Hare in Norwegian
Havasi nyúl in Hungarian
Havasi nyúl in Hungarian
Iepure al Alpilor in Romanian
Iepure al zăpezilor in Romanian
Iepure alb in Romanian
Iepure albastru in Romanian
Iepure de munte in Romanian
Iepure de zăpadă in Romanian
Iepure polar in Romanian
Iepure siberian in Romanian
Lebre-alpina in Portuguese
Lebre-da-eurásia in Portuguese
Lebre-variável in Portuguese
Lepre alpina in Italian
Lepre bianca in Italian
Lepre variabile in Italian
Lepre variabile in Italian
Liebre de montana in language.
Liebre de montaña in Spanish
Liebre variable in Spanish
Liebre variable in Spanish
Liebru tal-muntanji in Maltese
Lièvre variable in French
Lièvre variable in French
Lièvre variable in French
Liévre variable in French
Liévre variable in French
Llebre de les neus in Catalan–Valencian
Llebre montanyesa in Aragonese
Metsäjänis in Finnish
Mountain Hare in English
Mountain Hare in English

Bibliographic References

  1. (2023) Primates and Lagomorpha (Handbook of the Mammals of Europe)
  2. Angerbjörn, and John E. C. Flux, 1995: Lepus timidus. Mammalian Species, no. 495. 1-11.
  3. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  4. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
  5. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)
  7. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  8. Linnæus (Linnaeus) (1758) Systema naturae. Ed. 10. Tomus I, Regnum Animale
  9. Smith, Andrew T., Charlotte H. Johnston, Paulo C., 2018: null. Lagomorphs. Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World. 266.
  10. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  11. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  12. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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