Japanese Hare – Lepus brachyurus

Lepus brachyurusTemminck, 1845

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Subgenus uncertain. Gureev (1964:150) and Gromov and Baranova (1981:63) placed this species in genus Caprolagus, subgenus Allolagus, but Averianov (1998) in subgenus Eulagos; see also comment under mandshuricus. Hirikawa et al. (1992) analyzed variation in the insular populations of L. b. okiensis. Reviewed by Imaizumi (1970b).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.