Lepus castroviejoi

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Overview

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: Little is known about the home range , population density , and food preferences, but they are likely to be similar to those of European hares in comparable habitat . No information is available on reproduction (Alves pers. comm. ).

L. castroviejoi occupies an elevational range of 1,300-1,900 m , descending in winter to 1,000 m to avoid snow. This habitat consists of heathland where the dominant vegetation forms are Erica, Calluna, and Vaccinium and shrub where the cover consists of Cytisus, Genista, and Juniperus (Flux and Angermann 1990, Alves and Niethammer 2003). A habitat suitability model determined that L. castroviejoi, "selects areas characterized by a high percentage of broom and heather scrublands, high altitude and slope , and limited human accessibility (quantified as distance to roads variable) (Acevedo et al. 2007). Its habitat also includes cleared areas of mixed deciduous forest of Fagus and Quercus (Palacios 1977). L. castroviejoi also selects habitat that has been burned and areas where broom has been cleared within Somiedo Natural Park (Ballesteros et al. 1996). Nocturnal censuses with spotlights in Somiedo Natural Park determined average densities of 6.83/100 ha (Gonzalez-Quiros et al. 1992).[1].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Lepus castroviejoi Palacios 1976

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Subgenus : Eulagos

Last scrutiny: 15-Aug-2007

Past concerns regarding taxonomic status have been resolved with recent genetic evidence that support the classification of Lepus castroviejoi as one of two endemic species of Lepus inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula (Alves et al. 2003, Melo-Ferreira et al. 2005). Recent molecular data suggest that L. castroviejoi is a sister taxa to L. corsicanus (Alves et al. 2002).

There are no subspecies recognized for Lepus castroviejoi (Flux and Angermann 1990, Hoffmann and Smith 2005).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lepus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 58 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. alleni (Antelope Jack Rabbit) · L. alleni alleni (Antelope Jack Rabbit) · L. americanus (Snowshoe Rabbit) · L. americanus americanus (Snowshoe Hare) · L. americanus klamathensis (Snowshoe Hare) · L. americanus seclusus (Bighorn Mountain Snowshoe Hare) · L. americanus tahoensis (Sierra Nevada Snowshoe Hare) · L. americanus washingtonii (Washington Snowshoe Hare) · L. arcticus (Arctic Hare) · L. arcticus arcticus (Arctic Hare) · L. brachyurus (Japanese Hare) · L. brachyurus brachyurus (Japanese Hare) · L. californica (Black-Tailed Jack Rabbit) · L. californicus (Black-Tailed Jack Rabbit) · L. californicus bennettii (Black-Tailed Jackrabbit) · L. californicus californicus (Black-Tailed Jack Rabbit) · L. callotis (Beautiful-Eared Jack Rabbit) · L. callotis callotis (Beautiful-Eared Jack Rabbit) · L. callotis gaillardi (White-Sided Jackrabbit) · L. capensis (European Hare) · L. capensis capensis (Brown Hare) · L. castroviejoi (Broom Hare) · L. comus (Yunnan Hare) · L. coreanus (Korean Hare) · L. corsicanus (APPENINE HARE) · L. europaeus (European Brown Hare) · L. fagani (Ethiopian Hare) · L. flavigularis (Tehuantepec Jack Rabbit) · L. granatensis (Iberian Hare) · L. granatensis granatensis (Granada Hare) · L. habessinicus (Abyssinian Hare) · L. hainanus (Chinese Pinyin) · L. insularis (Espiritu Santo Jackrabbit) · L. mandshuricus (Manchurian Hare) · L. microtis (African Savanna Hare) · L. nigricollis (Black-Napped Hare) · L. nigricollis nigricollis (Indian Hare) · L. oiostolus (Woolly Hare) · L. oiostolus oiostolus (Woolly Hare) · L. oistolus (Woolly Hare) · L. othus (Beringian Hare) · L. othus othus (Alaskan Hare) · L. peguensis (Siamese Hare) · L. saxatilis (Savannah Hare) · L. saxatilis saxatilis (Scrub Hare) · L. sinensis (Chinese Hare) · L. sinensis sinensis (Chinese Hare) · L. starcki (Ethiopian Highland Hare) · L. tibetanus (Desert Hare) · L. timidus (Eurasian Arctic Hare) · L. timidus timidus (Arctic Hare) · L. tolai (Tolai Hare) · L. townsendi (White-Tailed Jack Rabbit) · L. townsendii (White-Tailed Jack Rabbit) · L. townsendii campanius (White-Tailed Jackrabbit) · L. townsendii townsendii (Western White-Tailed Jackrabbit) · L. victoriae (African Savanna Hare) · L. yarkandensis (Yarkland Hare)

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Further Reading

• Acevedo, P., Alzaga, V., Cassinello, J. and Gortazar, C. 2007. Habitat suitability modelling reveals a strong niche overlap between two poorly known species, the Broom hare and the Pyrenean grey partridge, in the north of Spain. Acta Oecologica 31(2): 174-184.
• Alves, P. C. and Niethammer, J. 2003. Iberischen Hasen: Lepus granatensis and Lepus castroviejoi. In: F. Krapp (ed.), Handbuch der Saugetiere Europas. Band 3/II. Hasentiere - Lagomorpha, pp. 137-154. AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim.
• Alves, P. C., Ferrand, N., Suchentrunk, F. and Harris, D. J. 2003. Ancient introgression of Lepus timidus mtDNA into L. granatensis and L. europaeus in the Iberian Peninsula. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27(1): 70-80.
• Alves, P. C., Harris, D. J. and Suchentrunk, F. 2002. Molecular data pertinent to the phylogenetic relationships between Lepus corsicanus and L. castroviejoi (Leporidae, Lagomorpha). Mammalian Biology 67 (supplement): 5-6.
• Ballesteros, F. 2003. Liebre de piornal, Lepus castroviejoi Palacios, 1976. Galemys 15(1): 3-13.
• Ballesteros, F. In press. Liebre de piornal, Lepus castroviejoi. In: J. C. Blanco (ed.), Spanish Mammals Red Book, SECEM, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente.
• Ballesteros, F., Benito, J. L. and Gonzalez-Quiros, P. 1996. Status, management and conservation of broom hare (Lepus castroviejoi) in the Cantabrian Mountains (northwest of Spain). In: S. Golovatch and L. Penev (eds), Proceedings of the International Union of Game Biologists: XXII Congress, pp. 123-127. Pensoft, Sofia, Spain.
• Chapman, J.A. and Flux, J.E.C. (compilers and editors) 1990. Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas: a Status Survey and Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Lagomorph Specialist Group. IUCN/SSC, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• Flux, J. E. C. and Angermann, R. 1990. Chapter 4: The Hares and Jackrabbits. In: J. A. Chapman and J. E. C. Flux (eds), Rabbits, Hares and Pikas: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, pp. 61-94. The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland.
• Gonzalez-Quiros, P., Gil, J., Benito, J. L. and Ballesteros, F. 1992. Distribucion y estado de las poblaciones de liebres en Asturias. Principado de Asturias.
• Hoffmann, R. S. and Smith, A. T. 2005. Order Lagomorpha. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 185-211. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
• IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).
• Lagomorph Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
• Mace, G.M. and Balmford, A. 2000. Patterns and processes in contemporary mammalian extinction. In: A. Entwhistle and N. Dunstone (eds) Priorities for the Conservation of Mammalian Diversity. Has the Panda had its day?, pp. 27-52. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Melo-Ferreira, J., Boursot, P., Suchentrunk, F., Ferrand, N. and Alves, P. C. 2005. Invasion from the cold past: extensive introgression of mountain hare (Lepus timidus) mitochondrial DNA into three other hare species in northern Iberia. Molecular Ecology 14(8): 2459-2464.
• Palacios, F. 1977. Descripcion de una nueva especie de liebre (Lepus castroviejoi) endmica de la cordillera Cantabrica. Doñana Acta Vertebrata 3:205-223.
• Palacios, F. 1977. Description de una nueva especie de liebra (Lepus castroviejoi) endemica de la cordillera Cantabrica. Donana Acta Vertebrata 3: 205-223.
• Palacios, F. and Ramos, B. 1979. Situacion actual de las liebres en Espana medidas para su conservacion. Boletin de la Estacion Central de Ecologia 8: 69-75.
• Todd McConchie, ITIS Taxonomic Data Technician: Listed as Vulnerable on IUCN Red List (2000)
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Lagomorph Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Lagomorph Specialist Group 1996. Lepus castroviejoi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. 2008. Lepus castroviejoi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• European Environment Agency: EUNIS

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 107248
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625339
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625339
• IUCN ID: 219152
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6759

Footnotes

1. Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. 2008. Lepus castroviejoi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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