Caprolagus hispidus (Pearson 1838)

[Lepus] hispidus Pearson 1838, in: M'Clelland, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., Vol. 1838: 152.

Type Locality: "...Assam,...base of the Boutan [Bhutan] mountains" [India].

Vernacular Names: Hispid Hare.

Distribution: S Himalaya foothills from Uttar Pradesh (India) through Nepal and West Bengal to Assam (India), and south through NW Bangladesh. Since 1951 there have been very few reports from Uttar Pradesh and Assam; see Santapau and Humayun (1960), Mallinson (1971), and Ghose (1978). Presently known distribution summarized by Bell et al. (1990).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered, and IUCN – Endangered.