Lepus peguensis

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: This species occupies mostly in low altitude dipterocarp forest , and plain non-forest habitats with numbers especially high in the grass and shrub vegetation of seasonally exposed large river channels . It can be found in rain/flood-fed low intensity rice fields , but avoids irrigated multi-crop rice fields which cover much of Thailand (Duckworth pers. comm. ). Species appears to be absent from Nakai plateau , Lao PDR, despite what appears to be suitable habitat (possibly due to high altitude) (Evans et al. 2000). Also absent from Thung Yai Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand, again despite suitable habitat at a relatively high altitude (Steinmetz pers. comm. ). For these reasons and the fact that there have been numerous field surveys for the species above 700 m without detecting the species (in Thailand and Lao PDR) the 1,200 m upper elevation limit may be too high, though a comprehensive examination of specimens is lacking (Duckworth, Steinmitz, Pattanavibool pers. comm.). There are insufficient data regarding the home range and population density of Lepus peguensis (Flux and Angermann 1990). Total length of this species ranges from 36.0-50.0 cm (Corbet and Hill 1992). L. peguensis may have several litters per year with litter size ranging from one to seven (three to four average) (Lekagul and McNeely 1977). Gestation lasts approximately 35-40 days (Lekagul and McNeely 1977). It is estimated that the longevity of this species is six years (Lekagul and McNeely 1977). This species is crepuscular and nocturnal (Duckworth pers. comm.) L. peguensis actively feeds at night on grass, bark and twigs (Lekagul and McNeely 1977).[1].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4.6     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Lepus pequensis • Lepus pequensis Blyth • Lepus pequensis Blyth, 1856 • Lepus siamensis

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Aug-2007

There are two recognized subspecies , Lepus peguensis peguensis and L. p. vassali (Hoffmann and Smith 2005). L. hainanus was formerly included in L. peguensis (Hoffmann and Smith 2005). Some treatments indicate the presence of L. peguensis in China. However, the comprehensive Mammals of China (Smith and Xie 2008) does not include L. peguensis. Note that occurrences in China are actually L. hainanus, formerly included in L. peguensis.[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

• Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / by John Anderson, Superintendent of the Indian Museum. Calcutta, 1881-1891. url p. 113, p. 117.
• Catalogue of mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, Calcutta, 1881-1891. url , .
• Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. url p. 421, p. 422, p. 428, p. 429, p. 433, p. 421, p. 422, p. 428, p. 429, p. 433.
• Mammalia, by W. T. Blanford, F. R. S. London: Taylor and Francis, 1888-91. url p. 451, p. 451.
• Mammals of the Kelley-Roosevelts and Delacour Asiatic expedition, by Wilfred H. Osgood. 18 1932 Chicago, 1932. url p. 327.
• Notes on Jerdon's Mammals of India by an Indian sportsman and lover of natural history. Madras, Higginbotham, 1871. url p. 248.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 235, p. 40, p. 41.
• Records of the Indian Museum. Calcutta: Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, . 1907-1962. url p. 94.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 308, p. 477, p. 801.
• The game animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet; being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet, ' by R. Lydekker. With nine plates and fifty-nine other illustrations. London, R. Ward, limited, 1907. url p. 400.
• The journal of the Natural History Society of Siam. [London: Luzac, 1914]-1924. url .
• The mammals of India: a natural history of all the animals known to inhabit continental India / Roorkee: Printed for the author by the Thomason college press, 1867. url .
• The mammals of India; a natural history of all the animals known to inhabit continental India. London, J. Wheldon, 1874. url p. 225.

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.
• Duckworth, J.W., Steinmetz, R. & Pattanavibool, A. 2008. Lepus peguensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed June 14, 2007. 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 20, 2008.
• Lagomorph Specialist Group 1996. Lepus peguensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. &lt;www.iucnredlist.org&gt;. Downloaded on 21 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.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Field Museum: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 107262
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-727880
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625351
• IUCN ID: 219168
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 130478

Footnotes

1. Duckworth, J.W., Steinmetz, R. & Pattanavibool, A. 2008. Lepus peguensis. 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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