Granada Hare

Granada Hare[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Species: L. granatensis
Binomial name
Lepus granatensis
Rosenhauer, 1856
Granada Hare range
(brown - native, red - introduced)

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.

Subspecies

Three subspecies of the Granada Hare are known, which vary in colour and size.

References

  1. ^ 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.