Majorcan Hare

Majorcan Hare
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 Majorca, 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].

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. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ Palacios F, Fernández J (1992). "A new subspecies of hare from Majorca (Balearic Islands)". Mammalia 56 (1): 71–85. doi:10.1515/mamm.1992.56.1.71. 
  3. ^ Palomo, L. J. & J. Gisbert (eds), ed (2002). Atlas de los mamíferos terrestres de España. Madrid: OAPN. p. 564 pp. 

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