Lepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 817

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Lepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898
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Lepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898 View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7,1:155.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Bastia," [ Corsica, Italy].

DISTRIBUTION: Italy from the Abruzzo Mtns southward; Sicily; introduced into Corsica no later than 16th Century ( Vigne, 1988).

STATUS: Unknown, but probable reduction in numbers and range due to overhunting and introduction of L. europaeus ( Palacios et al., 1989) .

SYNONYMS: Monotypic.

COMMENTS: Formerly included in capensis or europaeus ; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Petter (1961); but see also Palacios et al. (1989) who provided evidence of their specific distinctness.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Lagomorpha

Family

Leporidae

Genus

Lepus

Loc

Lepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898

Robert S. Hoffmann 1993
1993
Loc

Lepus corsicanus

de Winton 1898: 155
1898
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