Granada hare
| Granada hare[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Lepus |
| Species: | L. granatensis
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| Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer, 1856
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| Granada hare range (red - native, pink - introduced, violet - origin uncertain) | |
The Granada hare (Lepus granatensis), also known as the Iberian hare, is a
Majorca
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Subspecies
Three subspecies of the Granada hare are known, which vary in colour and size.
- L. g. granatensis is the most abundant subspecies, found in .
- L. g. gallaecius described by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. in 1907 was a male adult hare collected in the Province of A Coruña.[3] This subspecies with a darker coat occurs in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in Galicia.
- Majorcan hare, L. g. solisi is probably extinct nowadays or at least very rare. There have been no trustworthy sightings in recent years. This subspecies has a lighter coat and is smaller.
References
- OCLC 62265494.
- . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Miller, G. S. (1907). "Two new forms of Spanish Hare". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 7. 20 (99): 398–401.