Woolly hare

Woolly hare

Wooly Hare at Polakongka La, Ladakh, India
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Lepus
Species:	L. oiostolus
Binomial name
*Lepus oiostolus* Hodgson, 1840

Woolly Hare range

The woolly hare (Lepus oiostolus) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, Northern Pakistan, India and Nepal.

References

Lagomorph Specialist Group 1996. Lepus oiostolus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.

Extant Lagomorpha species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Eutheria
Superorder Euarchontoglires

Family Ochotonidae (Pikas)

Ochotona

Family Leporidae (Rabbits and Hares)

Pentalagus	Amami Rabbit (P. furnessi)

Bunolagus	Riverine Rabbit (B. monticularis)

Nesolagus	Sumatran Striped Rabbit (N. netscheri) Annamite Striped Rabbit (N. timminsi)

Romerolagus	Volcano Rabbit (R. diazi)

Brachylagus	Pygmy Rabbit (B. idahoensis)

Sylvilagus (Cottontail rabbits)	Subgenus Tapeti: Swamp Rabbit (S. aquaticus) Tapeti (S. brasiliensis) Dice's Cottontail (S. dicei) Omilteme Cottontail (S. insonus) Marsh Rabbit (S. palustris) Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit (S. varynaensis) Subgenus Sylvilagus: Desert Cottontail (S. audubonii) Manzano Mountain Cottontail (S. cognatus) Mexican Cottontail (S. cunicularis) Eastern Cottontail (S. floridanus) Tres Marias Rabbit (S. graysoni) Mountain Cottontail (S. nuttallii) Appalachian Cottontail (S. obscurus) Robust Rabbit (S. robustus) New England Cottontail (S. transitionalis) Subgenus Microlagus: Brush Rabbit (S. bachmani) San Jose Brush Rabbit (S. mansuetus)

Oryctolagus	European Rabbit (O. cuniculus)

Poelagus	Bunyoro Rabbit (P. marjorita)

Pronolagus (Red rock hares)	Natal Red Rock Hare (P. crassicaudatus) Jameson's Red Rock Hare (P. randensis) Smith's Red Rock Hare (P. rupestris) Hewitt's Red Rock Hare (P. saundersiae)

Caprolagus	Hispid Hare (C. hispidus)

Lepus (Hares)	Subgenus Macrotolagus: Antelope Jackrabbit (L. alleni) Subgenus Poecilolagus: Snowshoe Hare (L. americanus) Subgenus Lepus: Arctic Hare (L. arcticus) Alaskan Hare (L. othus) Mountain Hare (L. timidus) Subgenus Proeulagus: Black-tailed Jackrabbit (L. californicus) White-sided Jackrabbit (L. callotis) Cape Hare (L. capensis) Tehuantepec Jackrabbit (L. flavigularis) Black Jackrabbit (L. insularis) Scrub Hare (L. saxatilis) Desert Hare (L. tibetanus) Tolai Hare (L. tolai) Subgenus Eulagos: Broom Hare (L. castrovieoi) Yunnan hare (L. comus) Korean Hare (L. coreanus) Corsican Hare (L. corsicanus) European Hare (L. europaeus) Granada Hare (L. granatensis) Manchurian hare (L. mandschuricus) Woolly Hare (L. oiostolus) Ethiopian Highland Hare (L. starcki) White-tailed Jackrabbit (L. townsendii) Subgenus Sabanalagus: Ethiopian Hare (L. fagani) African Savanna Hare (L. microtis) Subgenus Indolagus: Hainan hare (L. hainanus) Indian Hare (L. nigricollis) Burmese Hare (L. peguensis) Subgenus Sinolagus: Chinese Hare (L. sinensis) Subgenus Tarimolagus: Yarkand hare (L. yarkandensis) Subgenus incertae sedis: Japanese Hare (L. brachyurus) Abyssinian Hare (L. habessinicus)