Mediterranean hare

The Mediterranean hare (Lepus mediterraneus), also known as the Northwest African hare and the Sardinian hare, is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.^[2] It was first described in 1841 by Johann Andreas Wagner.^[3] Later, it was reclassified as a subspecies of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis), but was split in 2019 along with the Moroccan hare (Lepus schlumbergeri) from central Morocco and the West Sahara hare (Lepus saharae) from southern Morocco.^[2] The species has many synonyms, and likely represents a species complex.^[1]

Mediterranean hare
Drawing of Lepus mediterraneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Lepus
Species:	L. mediterraneus
Binomial name
Lepus mediterraneus J. A. Wagner, 1841
Synonyms[1]
L. kabylicus de Winton, 1898 L. pallidior Barrett-Hamilton, 1898 L. tunetae de Winton, 1898 whitakeri O. Thomas, 1902 typicus Hilzheimer, 1906 [preoccupied] sefranus O. Thomas, 1913 barcaeus Ghigi, 1920 pediaeus Cabrera, 1923