Mediterranean hare

Mediterranean hare
Drawing of Lepus mediterraneus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Lepus
Species:	L. mediterraneus
Binomial name
Lepus mediterraneus J. A. Wagner, 1841
Synonyms [1]
L. kabylicusde Winton, 1898 L. pallidiorBarrett-Hamilton, 1898 L. tunetaede Winton, 1898 whitakeriO. Thomas, 1902 typicusHilzheimer, 1906 [preoccupied] sefranusO. Thomas, 1913 barcaeusGhigi, 1920 pediaeusCabrera, 1923

The Mediterranean hare (Lepus mediterraneus), also known as the Northwest African hare and the Sardinian hare, is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. ^[2] It was first described in 1841 by Johann Andreas Wagner. ^[3] Later, it was reclassified as a subspecies of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis), but was split in 2019 along with the Moroccan hare (Lepus schlumbergeri) from central Morocco and the West Sahara hare (Lepus saharae) from southern Morocco. ^[2] The species has many synonyms, and likely represents a species complex. ^[1]

References

1. "Lepus mediterraneus J. A. Wagner, 1841". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
2. Soria-Boix, Carmen; Donat-Torres, Maria P.; Rguibi Idrissi, Hamid; Urios, Vicente (September 2019). "Evolutionary ecology of hares (Lepus spp.) from northwestern Africa; the problem of cryptic species and the description of a new species (Lepus saharae sp. nov.)". Evolutionary Ecology Research. 20: 537–555. hdl:10251/167876.
3. Wagner, Johann Andreas (1841-03-17). "Gruppirung der Gattungen der Nager". Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München (in German). 12 (54): 433–440. hdl:2027/mdp.39015039524528 – via HathiTrust.