Lepus castroviejoi

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Lepus castroviejoi, commonly known as the broom hare, is a hare species endemic to the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain, where it inhabits high-altitude scrub and heathland.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lepus castroviejoi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hare ⓘ
species of mammal ⓘ
activityPattern crepuscular ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ
adaptation adapted to cold mountain climates ⓘ
biogeographicRealm Palearctic ⓘ
linked to: Palearctic realm
bodyMass approximately 2 to 3 kilograms ⓘ
breedingSeason spring and summer ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
climateZone Atlantic montane ⓘ
commonName broom hare ⓘ
linked to: Hare
conservationStatus Near Threatened ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
countryEndemism Spain ⓘ
describedBy Palacios ⓘ
describedInYear 1977 ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
ecologicalRole primary consumer ⓘ
endemicTo Cantabrian Mountains ⓘ
northern Spain ⓘ
family Leporidae ⓘ
foundIn Asturias ⓘ
Cantabria ⓘ
Castile and León ⓘ
furColor brownish ⓘ
greyish ⓘ
genus Lepus ⓘ
habitat heathland ⓘ
high-altitude scrub ⓘ
mountainous areas ⓘ
hasScientificName Lepus castroviejoi ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion running and jumping ⓘ
movementType cursorial ⓘ
namedAfter Javier Castroviejo ⓘ
nativeRange Spain ⓘ
order Lagomorpha ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
rangeType restricted ⓘ
reproduction gives birth to leverets ⓘ
tailColor black-tipped ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
thermalEnvironment temperate ⓘ
threat climate change ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
usesHabitat broom shrublands ⓘ
ericaceous heathlands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lepus → containsTaxon → Lepus castroviejoi ⓘ
Lepus castroviejoi → hasScientificName → Lepus castroviejoi ⓘ