First record of Lepus timidus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Novaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic (Lagomorpha, Leporidae)

• Published in: Check List
• Main Authors: Vitaly M. Spitsyn, Nikita Bolotov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020
• Subjects: Fauna; High Arctic; Lepus timidus; mammals; new re; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Yuzhny Island; mountain hare; Novaya Zemlya; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.1.59; https://doaj.org/article/94afa092e286422f8459a1a288fdfc16

Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) is a widespread species that lives throughout the continental tundra zone of Eurasia, as well as over the greater part of the northern forest zone. For a long time, the presence of the mountain hare in the fauna of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago was assumed. However, doc...