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European Hare - Lepus europaeus - Europese Haas
Europe to West-Siberia. Feral North America, South-South America and Australasia.
The following 15 subspecies are being recognized:
Lepus europaeus occidentalis - United Kingdom. Introduced to Ireland;
Lepus europaeus europeaus - West- and Central-Europe, east to Germany, south to France. Introduced in Canada;
Lepus europaeus hybridus - East-Europe and West-Russia. Introduced in the USA;
Lepus europaeus transsylvanicus - Balkan Peninsula;
Lepus europaeus karpathorum - Carpathians (Romania);
Lepus europaeus parnassius - Parnassus Mountains (Greece);
Lepus europaeus rhodius - Rhodes Island (Greece);
Lepus europaeus creticus - Krete (Greece);
Lepus europaeus caucasicus - Ukraine and Southwest-European Russia to North-Caucasus;
Lepus europaeus cyrensis - Transcaucasica, Northwest-Iran and Azerbaijan;
Lepus europaeus caspicus - Ural steppes of European Russia and Caspian Sea region;
Lepus europaeus cyprius - Cyprus;
Lepus europaeus judeae - Israel;
Lepus europaeus syriacus - Syria, Lebanon, North-Israel;
Lepus europaeus connori - Southwest-Iran.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.
routerer | 16-Apr-2010 22:36 | |