Indian Hare

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Indian Hare[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Species: L. nigricollis
Binomial name
Lepus nigricollis
F. Cuvier, 1823

The Indian Hare (Lepus nigricollis), also known as the Black-naped Hare, is a common species of hare found in South Asia.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hoffmann, Robert S.; Andrew T. Smith (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 201. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Lagomorph Specialist Group (1996). Lepus nigricollis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
  3. ^ Suchentrunk, F and Mihajla Davidovic (2004). "Evaluation of the classification of Indian hares (Lepus nigricollis) into the genus Indolagus Gureev, 1953 (Leporidae, Lagomorpha)". Mamm. biol 69 (1): 46-57.