Order Lagomorpha Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 595 604 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353003 0-89327-235-3 7353003 Lepus brachyurus Temminck, 1845 . In Siebold's Fauna Japónica, Mamm., p. 44 , pl. 11. TYPE LOCALITY: Japan , Kyushu, Nagasaki . DISTRIBUTION: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Oki Isis, and Sado Isl. ( Japan ). COMMENT: Reviewed by Imaizumi, 1970, The Handbook of Japanese Land Mammals, p. 310. Gromov and Baranova, 1981:63 , placed this species in genus Caprolagus : see also comment under mandshuricus . ISIS NUMBER: 5301409002002004001.