Lepus othus Merriam 1900

Lepus othus Merriam, 1900. Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 2:28. TYPE LOCALITY: "St. Michaels, [Norton Sound], Alaska." [USA]. DISTRIBUTION: W and SW Alaska (USA); formerly perhaps northwestward to Pt. Barrow; as here interpreted, also E Chukotsk (Russia). STATUS: Rare, perhaps decreasing in...

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Main Author: Robert S. Hoffmann
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Lagomorpha
Leporidae
Lepus
Lepus othus
Norton Sound
Barrow
Alaska
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7281162
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7281162
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Summary:Lepus othus Merriam, 1900. Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 2:28. TYPE LOCALITY: "St. Michaels, [Norton Sound], Alaska." [USA]. DISTRIBUTION: W and SW Alaska (USA); formerly perhaps northwestward to Pt. Barrow; as here interpreted, also E Chukotsk (Russia). STATUS: Rare, perhaps decreasing in range and numbers (Flux and Angermann, 1990). SYNONYMS: poadromus Merriam, 1900; tschuktschorum Nordquist, 1883. COMMENTS: Formerly included in arcticus or timidus (see comments therein). Regarded as distinct by Hall (1981) and by Flux and Angermann (1990), who, however, followed A. J. Baker et al. (1983) in allying populations from E Chukotsk (Russia) with Alaskan populations; but see also Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). Angermann (in litt., 1992) considered othus as "probably conspecific" with timidus. Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 807-827 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 819, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353088

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