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Lepus americanus (snowshoe hare)
Taxonomy
Lepus americanus was named by Erxleben (1777). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1777 | Lepus americanus Erxleben |
1980 | Lepus americanus Kurten and Anderson p. 282 |
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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
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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 |
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Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Lepus americanus (74240) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Lepus americanus (20302) | |
Irvingtonian | Canada (Yukon) | Lepus americanus (20434 20436) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (South Dakota) | Lepus americanus (20503) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Arkansas) | Lepus americanus (20290) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Lepus americanus (20635) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Lepus americanus (93528) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Lepus americanus (82258 103991 104664 124089) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Lepus americanus (93332) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Yukon) | Lepus americanus (20626) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Canada (British Columbia) | Lepus americanus (83951) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Lepus americanus (155393) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Missouri) | Lepus americanus (93379) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Lepus americanus (93326) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Lepus americanus (104035) | |
Holocene | USA (Montana) | Lepus americanus (162133) | |
Holocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Lepus americanus (228921) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Lepus americanus (224189) | |
Holocene | Canada (Ontario) | Lepus americanus (221863) | |
Holocene | USA (Alaska) | Lepus americanus (220460) |