Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer 1856

Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer 1856 View in CoL

Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer 1856 View in CoL , Die Thiere Andalusiens: 3.

Type Locality: "bei Graneda" [Granada, Analusia Prov., Spain].

Vernacular Names: Granada Hare.

Synonyms: Lepus mediterraneus Wagner 1841 ; Lepus mediterraneus Machado 1869 ; Lepus typicus Hilzheimer 1906 .

Subspecies::

Subspecies Lepus granatensis subsp. granatensis Rosenhauer 1856

Subspecies Lepus granatensis subsp. gallaecius Miller 1907

Subspecies Lepus granatensis subsp. solisi Palacios and Fernández 1992

Distribution: Iberian Peninsula, except NE and NC parts ( Spain, Portugal); Mallorca (Balearic Isl, Spain).

Conservation: Not Evaluated.

Discussion: Subgenus probably Eulagus. Formerly included in europaeus or capensis ; but see Palacios (1983, 1989), and Bonhomme et al. (1986). The Majorcan population ( solisi) is thought to have been introduced by humans (Palacios and Fernández, 1992). The population in Sardinia, to which the names mediterraneus Wagner, 1841 ) and typicus Hilzheimer, 1906 , are applied, is assigned to this species based on Miller (1912 a), who regared it as closest to granatensis , though he retained it as a "...very distinct species" (pg. 514) because of its small size, but its status needs investigation, as do populations from the NW African coast that have been assigned to " capensis ". To date there appears not to be any definitive study of these populations. However, if in future mediterraneus is confirmed as a synonym of granatensis , it has priority over granatensis .