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Taxon: Species Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758 - arctic hare (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 57-58.

Types

Type of: Lepus (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Lepus timidus timidus Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: R.S. Hoffmann & A.T. Smith, 2005: 204. [implicit]

Variants

Different spelling: Lepus timidis

Synonyms

Accepted name: Lepus arcticus Ross, 1819 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Lepus hibernicus T. Bell Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Lepus variabilis P. S. Pallas Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: sneeuwhaas
: Alpensneeuwhaas
: Scandinavische sneeuwhaas

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: arctic hare
: blue hare
: mountain hare
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