Subspecies Lepus capensis occidentalis Winton, 1898
- Lepus europaeus occidentalis Winton, W.E. de 1898. On the hares of Western Europe and North Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 1: 149-158 [152] [recorded from Australia by de Vos, A., Manville, R.H. & Van Gelder, R.G. 1956. Introduced mammals and their influence on native biota. Zoologica N.Y. 41: 163–194[179]].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 98.2.17.1 ♀ skin & skull, Moorhampton, Herefordshire, England.Type locality references:
Miller, G.S. 1912. Catalogue of the Mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xvi 1019 pp. [504-505].Compiled from secondary source:
de Vos, A., Manville, R.H. & Van Gelder, R.G. 1956. Introduced mammals and their influence on native biota. Zoologica (New York) N.Y. 41: 163-194.
Introduction
Previously considered that subspecies in Australia was Lepus capensis europaeus (see Clayton et al. 2006).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced from Europe.
IBRA
Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
General References
Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp.