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Corsican Hare

Lepus corsicanus

Classification

Family
Leporidae

The Corsican hare (Lepus corsicanus), also known as the Apennine hare or Italian hare, is a species of hare found in Southern Italy, Central Italy, and Corsica. Taxonomy It was first described as a species in 1898 by the British zoologist William Edward de Winton using specimens from Corsica. It was later regarded as a subspecies of the European hare (L.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 23Italy · 19