Lepus arcticus

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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Duplicidentata 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