On species differentiation of hares (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) from Kirghizia

Authors
Aver'yanov, AO Abramov, AV
Citation
Ao. Aver'Yanov et Av. Abramov, On species differentiation of hares (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) from Kirghizia, ZOOL ZH, 79(6), 2000, pp. 758-762
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL
ISSN journal
00445134 → ACNP
Volume
79
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
758 - 762
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-5134(200006)79:6<758:OSDOH(>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The hares from Kirghizia were traditionally attributed to the subspecies Le pus capensis lehmanni. The morphometric analysis of 188 bare's skulls from Kirghizia and adjacent territories showed that hares from high-mountain reg ions of Kirghizia should be attributed to the species L. c. pamirensis. The subspecies L. c. lehmanni is distributed in Kazakhstan and northern Uzbeki stan, L. c. buchareiensis, in southern Uzbekistan.