Lepus oiostolus

B. H. Hodgson, 1840

Woolly Hare

Lepus oiostolus hypsibius.
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Location: India, Jammu and Kashmir state, Ladakh region, Leh district, Hemis National ParkDate taken: Oct 12, 2014

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3444

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Genus : Lepus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hodgson, B.H. 1840. On the Common Hare of the Gangetic Provinces, and of the Sub-Hemalaya; with a slight notice of a strictly Hemalayan species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 9(2):1183-1186.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935969

Original name as described

Lepus Oïostolus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ab7ec494-c689-466b-86cc-b5dc3a27be72

Type locality

"the snowy region of the Hemalaya, and perhaps also Tibet." Restricted by Kao Yuehting and Feng Tsochien in 1964 to "Southern Tibet" [Xizang, China].

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · India · Bhutan?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001099

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 19 names and synonyms.

Lepus Œmodius

B. H. Hodgson, 1840

Family

Leporidae

Root name

oemodius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

1186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935969

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Lepus Oïostolus

B. H. Hodgson, 1840

Family

Leporidae

Root name

oiostolus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ab7ec494-c689-466b-86cc-b5dc3a27be72

Authority page

1186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935969

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1842:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37716)
  2. Hodgson (1844:293, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
  3. Trouessart (1897:652, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  4. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  5. Trouessart (1904:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Hoffmann (1993:819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
  10. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  11. Smith & Xie (2008:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  12. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41283/45188432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus Diostolus

B. H. Hodgson, 1841

Family

Leporidae

Root name

diostolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126984

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1841:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
  2. Fitzinger (1867:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Lepus Pallipes

B. H. Hodgson, 1842

Family

Leporidae

Root name

pallipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000011

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1842:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37716)
  2. Horsfield (1857:401, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  3. Blyth (1863:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  4. Blanford (1875:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68515)
  5. Trouessart (1897:652, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  6. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  7. Trouessart (1904:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Lepus oemodias

J. E. Gray, 1847

Family

Leporidae

Root name

oemodias

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ab7ec494-c689-466b-86cc-b5dc3a27be72

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23852775

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus hypsibius

Blanford, 1875

Family

Leporidae

Root name

hypsibius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15673, ZSI 15674

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192151

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:653, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  3. Trouessart (1904:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Lepus sechuenensis

de Winton, 1899

Family

Leporidae

Root name

sechuenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.3.1.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a59dfec4-a259-407e-bd52-ea9e73d10848

Authority page

576

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30951619

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1911:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus sechuensis

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

sechuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

335

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Trouessart (1904:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Lepus kozlovi

Satunin, 1907

Family

Leporidae

Root name

kozlovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 12377

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

162

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8650463

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus przewalskii

Satunin, 1907

Family

Leporidae

Root name

przewalskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2843

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8650457

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

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