Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758
(Mountain Hare)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepus timidus (Mountain Hare)
GenusLepus (hares)
FamilyLEPORIDAE (rabbits and hares)
OrderLAGOMORPHA (rabbits and hares)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Carver, C. 2002 Results of a study of Mountain Hares… Vol 14, No. 2 Page: 124
Malon, D., Wheeler, P., Whiteley, D. & Yalden, D.W. 2003 Mountain Hares in the Peak District British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 2: 110-116.
Tidman, R. 2007 Mountain hare in its winter coat EMM 82, 92-93 Vol 19, no. 1 Page: 45

Lepus timidus (Mountain Hare) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lepus timidus (Mountain Hare)
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