Indian hare | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Lagomorpha |
Family: | Leporidae |
Genus: | Lepus |
Species: | L. nigricollis[1]
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Binomial name | |
Lepus nigricollis[1] F. Cuvier, 1823
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Indian hare range (green – native, red – introduced, dark grey – origin uncertain) |
The Indian hare (Lepus nigricollis), also known as the black-naped hare, is a common species of hare native to the Indian subcontinent,[3] and Java. Its habitat in Java is in rocky highlands.