Taxonomy Profile: Lepus othus (Merriam 1900)

Lepus othus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Beringian hare []
Alaskan Hare []
Tundra Hare []
Alaska Tundra Hare []
Tunrda Polar Hare []
St. Michael's Hare []
Swift Hare []
Alaska Arctic Hare []
Northern Hare []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Lepus othus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Lagomorpha
lagomorphs |
Rabbits |
coelho |
tapeti |
Hares |
Pikas |
Family : Leporidae
Hares |
Rabbits |
Genus : Lepus
Hares |
Jackrabbits |
Jack Rabbits |
Species : Lepus othus
Beringian hare |
Alaskan Hare |
Tundra Hare |
Alaska Tundra Hare |
Tunrda Polar Hare |
St. Michael's Hare |
Swift Hare |
Alaska Arctic Hare |
Northern Hare |
Lepus othus Direct Children(s):
Lepus othus othus
(Merriam 1900)
Lepus othus poadromus
(Merriam 1900)
Lepus othus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Lepus othus
Expert:
Robert S. Hoffman
Notes:
Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Lepus othus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Lepus othus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Lepus othus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-01-01 / 1999-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
Page(s):
xxv + 750
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-845-2/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lepus othus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lepus othus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Best, Troy L., and Travis Hill Henry
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-06-02 / 1994-06-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Lepus othus
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammalian Species, no. 458
Page(s):
1-5
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0076-3519
Notes:
Available online: http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html
Reference for:
Lepus othus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Smith, Andrew T., Charlotte H. Johnston, Paulo C.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2018-01-01 / 2018-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Lagomorphs. Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World
Page(s):
266
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1421423405/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lepus othus
Lepus othus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Alaska / Native
Lepus othus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Lepus (Averianov, 1998). Formerly included in arcticus or timidus (see comments therein). Regarded as distinct by Hall (1981) and by Flux and Angermann (1990), who, however, followed A. J. Baker et al. (1983) in allying populations from Eastern Siberia (Chukotka) (tschuktschorum Nordquist, 1883) with Alaskan populations; but see also Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). Reviewed by Anderson (1974) who found that othus was closer morphologically to townsendii than to other northern hares....