Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus Erxleben 1777

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 185-211 : 195

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scientific name	Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus Erxleben 1777
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Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus Erxleben 1777 View in CoL

Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus Erxleben 1777 View in CoL , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 330.

Type Locality: "in America boreeli, ad fretum Hudsonis copiosissimus." Restricted by Nelson (1909:87) to Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada.

Vernacular Names: Snowshoe Hare.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. americanus Erxleben 1777

Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. bairdii Hayden 1869

Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. cascadensis Nelson 1907

Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. dalli Merriam 1900

Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. struthopus Bangs 1898

Subspecies Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. virginianus Harlan 1825

Distribution: S and C Alaska ( USA) to S and C coasts of Hudson Bay to Newfoundland and Anacosti Isl (introduced) ( Canada), south to S Appalachians, S Michigan, North Dakota, NC New Mexico, SC Utah, and EC California ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Poecilolagus ( Gureev, 1964; Averianov, 1998). Distinctive small species, but subgeneric separation not supported Hall (1981:314).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Lagomorpha
Family	Leporidae
Genus	Lepus