snowshoe hare

species of lagomorphs (Lagomorpha)
Taxon taxon Q81063
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snowshoe hare

Summary

snowshoe hare is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,277 views/month, #1,216 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • snowshoe hare's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • snowshoe hare is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • snowshoe hare's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • snowshoe hare is classified within Poecilolagus[6].
  • snowshoe hare's scientific name is Lepus americanus[7].
  • snowshoe hare's Commons category is recorded as Lepus americanus[8].
  • snowshoe hare's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lepus americanus[9].
  • snowshoe hare's Commons gallery is recorded as Lepus americanus[10].
  • snowshoe hare's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[11].
  • snowshoe hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Snowshoe hare'}[12].
  • snowshoe hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Snowshoe Hare'}[13].
  • snowshoe hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Snowshoe Rabbit'}[14].
  • snowshoe hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Varying Hare'}[15].
  • snowshoe hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schneeschuhhase'}[16].
  • snowshoe hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure de zăpadă'}[17].
  • snowshoe hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure de câmp de zăpadă'}[18].
  • snowshoe hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure american'}[19].
  • snowshoe hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'llebre americana'}[20].
  • snowshoe hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure american propriu-zis'}[21].
  • snowshoe hare's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+35'}[22].
  • snowshoe hare's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[23].
  • snowshoe hare's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[24].
  • snowshoe hare's period of lactation is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+32.5'}[25].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, snowshoe hare is Lepus americanus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Poecilolagus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Snowshoe hare'}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Snowshoe Rabbit'}[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Varying Hare'}[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schneeschuhhase'}[16], {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure de zăpadă'}[17], and {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure de câmp de zăpadă'}[18].

Identifiers

snowshoe hare's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43132[26]. snowshoe hare's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 48086[27]. snowshoe hare's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 133023[28]. snowshoe hare's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436794[29]. snowshoe hare's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180112[30].

Why It Matters

snowshoe hare ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,277 views/month, #1,216 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Romanian Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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