Lepus brachyurus Temminck 1845

Lepus brachyurus Temminck 1845, in: Siebold, Fauna Japonica, 1 (Mamm.): 44.

Type Locality: "...tout l'Empire mais surtout dans l'île de Jezo", Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan.

Vernacular Names: Japanese Hare.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. brachyurus Temminck 1845

Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. angustidens Hollister 1912

Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. lyoni Kishida 1937

Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. okiensis Thomas 1906

Distribution: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Oki Isls and Sado Isl (Japan).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: 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 (1970 b).