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.
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