Lepus (Indolagus) hainanus Swinhoe 1870

Lepus (Indolagus) hainanus Swinhoe 1870, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870: 233.

Type Locality: Hainan Isl, "in the neighbourhood of the capital city" [Hainan Province, China].

Vernacular Names: Hainan Hare.

Distribution: Lowlands of Hainan Isl (China).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Subgenus Indolagus . Placed in Caprolagus (Indolagus) by Gureev (1964:146). Considered a subspecies of peguensis by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951); Flux and Angermann (1990) recommended provisional specific status, as did Gureev (1964).