Lepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7,1:155.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Bastia," [Corsica, Italy].

DISTRIBUTION: Italy from the Abruzzo Mtns southward; Sicily; introduced into Corsica no later than 16th Century (Vigne, 1988).

STATUS: Unknown, but probable reduction in numbers and range due to overhunting and introduction of L. europaeus (Palacios et al., 1989) .

SYNONYMS: Monotypic.

COMMENTS: Formerly included in capensis or europaeus; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Petter (1961); but see also Palacios et al. (1989) who provided evidence of their specific distinctness.