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Majorcan hare
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Lepus
Species:	L. granatensis
Subspecies:	L. g. solisi
Trinomial name
Lepus granatensis solisi Palacios & Fernández, 1992

The Majorcan hare (Lepus granatensis solisi) is one of the three subspecies of the Granada hare (Lepus granatensis).

The Majorcan hare is an animal endemic to the islands of Majorca and Ibiza, in the Balearic Islands (Spain). It seems to have become locally extinct on Ibiza already during the eighties, while the Majorcan population, described only in 1992, is also considered extinct by numerous sources, although there is a lack of certain data attesting to the actual total disappearance of these animals from the island. Therefore, many zoologists continue to classify Majorcan hares as still living, although critically endangered.

References

1. Hoffman, R.S.; Smith, A.T. (2005). "Order Lagomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Palacios F, Fernández J (1992). "A new subspecies of hare from Majorca (Balearic Islands)". Mammalia. 56 (1): 71–85. doi:10.1515/mamm.1992.56.1.71. S2CID 83972249.
3. Palomo, L. J. & J. Gisbert, ed. (2002). Atlas de los mamíferos terrestres de España. Madrid: OAPN.

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