Mountain Hare (Lepus Timidus) - Taxonomy and Distribution

#HaresOfinstagram #MountainHare or #ArcticHare #LepusTimidus #Hares Kingdom #AnimaliaSeria Phylum #ChordataSeria Class #MammaliaSeria Order #LagomorphaSeria Family #LeporidaeSeria Genus #LepusSeria :Familia #LepusTimidusSeria Linnaeus, 1758 Europe Mediterranean Common Name(s): English – Mountain Hare, Arctic Hare French – Lièvre Variable Spanish – Liebre Variable Taxonomic Notes: There are currently 15 recognized subspecies: LepusTimidus ainu, . begitschevi #LepusTimidusgichiganus #LepusTimidushibernicus #LepusTimidusKamtschaticus #LepusTimidusKolymensis #LepusTimidusKozhevnikovi #LepusTimidusLugubris #LepusTimidusMordeni #LepusTimidusOrii #LepusTimidusScoticus #LepusTimidussibiricorum #LepusTimidusTimidus #LepusTimidusTransbaicalicus #LepusTimidusVarronis (Hoffmann and Smith 2005). Justification: Red List Criteria (Thulin 2003). Previously published Red List assessments: 1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (LR/lc Range Description: The geographic distribution of L. timidus extends from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the eastern edge of Poland and Scandinavia (Flux and Angermann 1990). The northern most populations can be found at 75°N in Russia and Scandinavia, extending south to 40-50°N (Flux and Angermann 1990). Isolated populations are located in Hokkaido (Japan), Ireland, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin, Scotland (Flux and Angermann 1990), and the Alps regions of Austria, Italy, Germany, France, Slovenia, and Switzerland (Mitchell-Jones et al. 1999). Introduced populations can be found in England, the Faeroes (Denmark), several Scottish islands (Flux and Angermann 1990). On Spitsbergen Island, introduced populations failed to persist (Fl #MountainHaresSeria or #ArcticHaresSeria #RabbitsSeria #HaresSeria 13 January 2018 Saturday