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Lepus americanus (snowshoe hare)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Lepus americanus was named by Erxleben (1777). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Lepus americanus Erxleben
1980Lepus americanus Kurten and Anderson p. 282

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
subfamilyLeporinaeTrouessart 1880
genusLepus
speciesamericanusErxleben 1777

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777 [snowshoe hare]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:52:57
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Lepus americanus (74240)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Lepus americanus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Yukon) Lepus americanus (20434 20436)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Lepus americanus (20503)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Lepus americanus (20290)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Lepus americanus (20635)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Lepus americanus (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Lepus americanus (82258 103991 104664 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Lepus americanus (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Lepus americanus (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Lepus americanus (83951)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Lepus americanus (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Lepus americanus (93379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Utah) Lepus americanus (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Lepus americanus (104035)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Lepus americanus (162133)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Lepus americanus (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Lepus americanus (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Lepus americanus (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Lepus americanus (220460)