Majorcan Hare

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Majorcan Hare[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Species: L. granatensis
Subspecies: L. granatensis solisi
Trinomial name
Lepus granatensis solisi
Palacios & Fernández, 1992

The Majorcan Hare (Lepus granatensis solisi) is a subspecies of the Granada Hare, from Mallorca, Spain. It was described only in 1992[2]. Many sources claim it went extinct, but this might not be true as other sources say it survives[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, 199. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Palacios F, Fernández J (1992). "A new subspecies of hare from Majorca (Balearic Islands)". Mammalia 56: 71–85. 
  3. ^ (2002) in Palomo, L. J. & J. Gisbert (eds): Atlas de los mamíferos terrestres de España. Madrid: OAPN, 564 pp. 
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