Species Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758
Brown Hare
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found in ZIUU or NHRM), Cape of Good Hope (as Cap. b. Spei.), South Africa.- Lepus europaeus Pallas, P.S. 1778. Novae Species Quadrupedum e Glirium Ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Fasc. 1. Erlangae : Wolfgangi Waltheri i-viii 1-705 pls. [publication date established from Sherborn, C.D. 1891. Dates of the Parts of P.S. Pallas's 'Icones Insect. p. Ross. Sibir.' and 'Nov. spec. Quadr, Glirium.'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 7: 236] [30].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Burgundy, France.Type locality references:
Trouessart, E.-L. 1910. Conspectus Mammalium Europae. Faune des mammifères d'Europe. Berlin : R. Friedländer & Sohn xviii 266 pp. [219]; 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. [502].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Corbet, G.B. 1978. The Mammals of the Palaearctic Region: A taxonomic review. London & Ithaca : British Museum & Cornell Univ. Press 314 pp. [70-72]
- Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
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) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), 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), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Crop, herbivore, terrestrial, territorial, tussock grassland.
General References
Angermann, R. 1983. The taxonomy of Old World Lepus. Acta Zoologica Fennica 174: 17-21
Corbet, G.B. 1983. A review of classification in the family Leporidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica 174: 11-15
Daubenton, [L.J.M.] 1756. Description du lièvre. 264-297 pls 38-49 in Buffon, G.L.L. & Daubenton, L.J.M. (eds). Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Tome sixième. Paris : L'imprimerie Royale.
Flux, J.E.C. 1965. Timing of the breeding season in the hare, Lepus europaeus Pallas, and rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.). Mammalia 29: 557-562
Flux, J.E.C. 1967. Reproduction and body weights of the hare Lepus europaeus Pallas, in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Science 10: 357-401
Flux, J.E.C. 1983. Introduction to taxonomic problems in hares. Acta Zoologica Fennica 174: 7-10
Hesterman, E.R. & Kogon, C. 1963. Endoparasites of the wild hare, Lepus europaeus Pallas, in the Australian Capital Territory, with a note on breeding. CSIRO Wildlife Research 8: 21-27
Jarman, P. 1986. The brown hare - a herbivorous mammal in a new ecosystem. pp. 63-76 in Kitching, R.L. (ed.). The Ecology of Exotic Animals and Plants. Some Australian Case Histories. Brisbane : Wiley.
Jarman, P.J. 1995. Brown hare Lepus capensis. pp. 706-707 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Long, J.L. 1972. Introduced birds and mammals in Western Australia. Agricultural Protection Board Western Australia Technical Service 1: 1-30
Myers, K., Parer, I. & Richardson, B.J. 1989. Leporidae. pp. 917-931 in Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds). Fauna of Australia. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1B 827 pp.
Petter, F. 1961. Eléments d'une révision des lievres européens et asiatiques du sous-genre Lepus. Zeitschrift fur Säugetierkunde 26: 30-40
Schneider, E. 1978. Der Feldhase Biologie - Verhalten Hege und Jagd. München : BLV Verl. 198 pp.
Stott, P. 2003. Use of space by sympatric European hares (Lepus europaeus) and European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Australia. Mammalian Biology 68: 317-327
Stott, P. & Wight, N. 2004. Female reproductive tract abnoralities in European hares (Lepus europaeus) in Australia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40: 698-705
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Brown Hare)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |