ADW: Lepus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Lagomorpha (hares, pikas, and rabbits)
        
        Family Leporidae (hares and rabbits)
        
        Genus Lepus (common hares and jackrabbits)
        
        Species Lepus alleni (antelope jackrabbit)
        
        Species Lepus americanus (snowshoe hare)
        
        Species Lepus arcticus (Arctic hare)
        
        Species Lepus brachyurus (Japanese hare)
        
        Species Lepus californicus (black-tailed jackrabbit)
        
        Species Lepus callotis (white-sided jackrabbit)
        
        Species Lepus capensis (Cape hare)
        
        Species Lepus castroviejoi (broom hare)
        
        Species Lepus comus (Yunnan hare)
        
        Species Lepus coreanus (Korean hare)
        
        Species Lepus corsicanus (Corsican hare)
        
        Species Lepus europaeus (European hare)
        
        Species Lepus fagani (Ethiopian hare)
        
        Species Lepus flavigularis (Tehuantepec jackrabbit)
        
        Species Lepus granatensis (Granada hare)
        
        Species Lepus habessinicus (Abyssinian hare)
        
        Species Lepus hainanus (Hainan hare)
        
        Species Lepus insularis (black jackrabbit)
        
        Species Lepus mandshuricus (Manchurian hare)
        
        Species Lepus microtis (African savanna hare)
        
        Species Lepus nigricollis (Indian hare)
        
        Species Lepus oiostolus (woolly hare)
        
        Species Lepus othus (Alaskan hare)
        
        Species Lepus peguensis (Burmese hare)
        
        Species Lepus saxatilis (scrub hare)
        
        Species Lepus sinensis (Chinese hare)
        
        Species Lepus starcki (Ethiopian highland hare)
        
        Species Lepus tibetanus (desert hare)
        
        Species Lepus timidus (mountain hare)
        
        Species Lepus tolai (Tolai hare)
        
        Species Lepus townsendii (white-tailed jackrabbit)
        
        Species Lepus yarkandensis (Yarkand hare)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Lepuscommon hares and jackrabbits

Lepus
common hares and jackrabbits