Granada hare

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.

Granada hare[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
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)

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 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. Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2008). "Lepus granatensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T41306A10437192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T41306A10437192.en.
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.