LEPORIDAE Fischer, 1817

Amori, Giovanni, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Decher, Jan, Assou, Delagnon, Gippoliti, Spartaco & Luiselli, Luca, 2016, Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 201-244 : 221

Family LEPORIDAE Fischer, 1817

Lepus microtis Heuglin, 1865 ▶• ( Fig. 17)

HISTORICAL LITERATURE, VOUCHERS AND REMARKS. — The taxonomy of the genus Lepus Linnaeus, 1758 is still disputed, being probably one of the cases of most extreme over-lumping by the 20th century taxonomists. So, the current nomenclature ( Hoffmann & Smith 2005) should be considered highly provisional. Elsewhere West African hares are referred to Lepus victoriae Thomas, 1893 ( Happold 2013c) or Lepus saxatilis F. Cuvier, 1823 ( Grubb et al. 1998). In Togo the taxon L. zechi Matschie, 1899 occurs. Several specimens, labelled as Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758 and captured at Pagala, Padori and Ezimé, are currently stored in the NMNH ( Fig. 17).