The Annamite striped rabbits’ common name, “rabbit”, usually applies to all genera in the Leporidae family, except Lepus, as almost half the members of Lepus are called “hares”.
The Annamite striped rabbit’s common name, rabbit, usually applies to all genera in the Leporidae family, except Lepus, as almost half the members of Lepus are usually called hares.
Like most common names however, the distinction does not match current taxonomy completely; jackrabbits are members of Lepus, and members of the genera Pronolagus and Caprolagus are sometimes are called hares.
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