Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis Gray 1832

Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis Gray 1832, Illustr. Indian Zool., Vol. 2: pl. 20.

Type Locality: " China ". Restricted by G. Allen (1938:559) to "more or less in the region of Canton." [Guangzhou, Guandong Province, China].

Vernacular Names: Chinese Hare.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis subsp. sinensis Gray 1832

Subspecies Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis subsp. formosus Thomas 1908

Subspecies Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis subsp. yuenshanensis Shih 1930

Distribution: SE China from Yangtse River southward; Taiwan; disjunct in NE Vietnam.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sinolagus (Averianov, 1998) . Placed in Caprolagus (Indolagus) by Gureev (1964:143). Formerly included coreanus; see Corbet (1978 c: 73); here considered distinct, following Flux and Angermann (1990).