Lepus arcticus

Lepus arcticus arcticus, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lagomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Lagomorpha

Familia: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Subgenus: Lepus (Lepus)
Species: Lepus (Lepus) arcticus
Subspecies: L. a. arcticus – L. a. bangsii – L. a. groenlandicus – L. a. monstrabilis

Name

Lepus (Lepus) arcticus (Ross, 1819)

Type locality

• Possession Bay, Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada

References

• Voyage of Discovery II, ed. 2, Appendix IV: 151.
• Lepus arcticus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Links

• North American Mammals: Lepus arcticus [1]

Vernacular names

aragonés: Llebre arctica
català: Llebre polar
čeština: Zajíc polární
Deutsch: Polarhase
Ελληνικά: Αρκτικός λαγός
English: Arctic Hare
suomi: Napajänis
føroyskt: Pólhara
français: Lièvre arctique
Malti: Liepru tal-Artiku
Nederlands: Poolhaas
polski: Zając polarny
português: Lebre-ártica
русский: Полярный заяц
ไทย: กระต่ายอาร์กติก
中文: 北极兔

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