Granada Hare
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Lepus |
| Species: | L. granatensis |
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| Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer, 1856 |
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The Granada Hare (Lepus granatensis), also known as the Iberian Hare, is a hare species that can be found on the Iberian peninsula and on the island of Majorca.
[edit] Subspecies
Three subspecies of the Granada Hare are known, which vary in colour and size.
- Lepus granatensis granatensis - This, the most abundant subspecies, is found in Andalusia, Extremadura, Meseta Central, Valencia and the south of Aragon and Catalonia.
- Lepus granatensis gallaecius - This subspecies with a darker coat occurs in the northwest of the Iberian peninsula, in Galicia.
- Majorcan Hare, Lepus granatensis solisi - This subspecies is probably extinct nowadays or at least very rare. There have been no trustworthy sightings in recent years. This subspecies has a lighter coat and is smaller.
[edit] References
- ^ Hoffman, Robert S.; Smith, Andrew T. (16 November 2005). "Order Lagomorpha (pp. 185-211". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 199-200. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
