Lepus europaeus
– Lower Risk Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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LAGOMORPHA
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Family:
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LEPORIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Lepus europaeus
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Species Authority:
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Pallas, 1778
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | BROWN HARE, EUROPEAN HARE |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Lagomorph Specialist Group
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Justification:
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Assessed as Least Concern based on its very wide distribution across Europe and most subpopulations are secure at present.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Albania; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Italy; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Moldova, Republic of; Montenegro; Netherlands; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Ukraine; United Kingdom
Introduced:
Argentina; Australia; Barbados; Canada; Chile; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); Ireland; New Zealand; Réunion; United States
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Habitat and Ecology
