Educational resources on Japanese Hare

Japanese Hare or Lepus brachyurus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Japanese Hare

Academic web links for the Japanese Hare.

Martin Luther King Jr.
Boston University School of Theology ... Geographic range. The Japanese Hare is found on the continent of Asia. It is found primarily in 5 countries even though it is named for
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Japanese_Hare&Itemid=357

ADW: Lepus: Classification
... Lepus brachyurus (Japanese hare)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Lepus.html

ADW: Lepus brachyurus: Classification
Lepus brachyurus (Japanese hare) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Lepus_brachyurus.html

sthweb.bu.edu
Japanese Hare: Type Locality: "...tout l'Empire mais surtout dans l'île de Jezo", Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan. Distribution: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Oki Isls and Sado Isl (Japan).
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Japanese_Hare&Itemid=249

sthweb.bu.edu
Japanese Hare: Type Locality: "...tout l'Empire mais surtout dans l'île de Jezo", Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan. Distribution: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Oki Isls and Sado Isl (Japan).
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Japanese_Hare&Itemid=176

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: brachyurus
Japanese Hare: Type Locality: "...tout l'Empire mais surtout dans l'île de Jezo", Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan. Distribution: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Oki Isls and Sado Isl (Japan).
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13500124

Collections, Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana ...
Legends state that the Japanese hare lives a very long time, and when five hundred years old it will turn white. Whether termed hare or rabbit, this animal is looked upon as an
www.spurlock.uiuc.edu/search/details.php?a=2004.13.0006

garfield.library.upenn.edu
Molecular phylogeny of Japanese Leporidae, the Amami rabbit Pentalagus furnessi, the Japanese hare Lepus brachyurus, and the mountain hare Lepus timidus, inferred from
garfield.library.upenn.edu/histcomp/hotpapers/murphy_nature_2001

John William Hamilton
Japanese Hare, Lepus brachyurus; Abyssinian Hare, Lepus habessinicus; As Food. Hares can be prepared in the same manner as rabbits -- commonly roasted or taken apart for breading and
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Hare&Itemid=252

www.garfield.library.upenn.edu
Molecular phylogeny of Japanese Leporidae, the Amami rabbit Pentalagus furnessi, the Japanese hare Lepus brachyurus, and the mountain hare Lepus timidus, inferred from
www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/histcomp/hotpapers/murphy_nature_2001/index-lcs.html