Indian hare

Indian hare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Species:
L. nigricollis
Binomial name
Lepus nigricollis
F. Cuvier, 1823
Subspecies
List
  • Lepus nigricollis aryabertensis Hodgson, 1844
  • Lepus nigricollis cutchensis Kloss, 1918
  • Lepus nigricollis dayanus Blanford, 1874
  • Lepus nigricollis joongshaiensis Murray, 1884
  • Lepus nigricollis macrotus Hodgson, 1840
  • Lepus nigricollis mahadeva Wroughton & Ryley, 1913
  • Lepus nigricollis nigricollis F. Cuvier, 1823
  • Lepus nigricollis rajput Wroughton, 1917
  • Lepus nigricollis ruficaudatus Geoffroy, 1826
  • Lepus nigricollis sadiya Kloss, 1918
  • Lepus nigricollis simcoxi Wroughton, 1912
  • Lepus nigricollis singhala Wroughton, 1915
  • Lepus nigricollis tytleri Tytler, 1854
Indian hare range
(green – native, red – introduced, dark grey – origin uncertain)

The Indian hare (Lepus nigricollis), also known as the black-naped hare, is a common species of hare native to the Indian subcontinent, and Java. Its habitat in Java is in rocky highlands.

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