Hispid Hare

Taxobox
name = Hispid HareMSW3 Hoffmann | pages = 194-195]
status = EN
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Lagomorph Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 3833 | title = Caprolagus hispidus | downloaded = 2006-05-11 Listed as Endangered (EN A1c+2c, B1+2abcde, C1 v2.3)]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Lagomorpha
familia = Leporidae
genus = "Caprolagus"
genus_authority = Blyth, 1845
species = "C. hispidus"
binomial = "Caprolagus hispidus"
binomial_authority = (Pearson, 1839)

The Hispid Hare, "Caprolagus hispidus", is a leporid native to the foothills of the Himalaya. This hare was formerly widely distributed but its habitat is much reduced and degraded by deforestation, cultivation, and human settlement, and now it is confined to isolated regions in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam. It is one of the world's rarest mammals.

Other names include Bristly Rabbit and Assam Rabbit.

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