Granada hare

Granada hare[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Lepus
Species:	L. granatensis
Binomial name
Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer, 1856
Granada hare range (red - native, pink - introduced, violet - origin uncertain)

The Granada hare (Lepus granatensis), also known as the Iberian hare, is a hare species that can be found on the Iberian Peninsula and on the island of Majorca.

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 Andalusia, Extremadura, Meseta Central, Valencia and the south of Aragon and Catalonia. It is the only subspecies present in Portugal.
• 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

1. Hoffman, R.S.; Smith, A.T. (2005). "Order Lagomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 199–200. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Soriguer, R.; Carro, F. (2019). "Lepus granatensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T41306A2953195. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T41306A2953195.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
3. 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.