Order Lagomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 185 211 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Lepus brachyurus Temminck 1845 Lepus brachyurus Temminck 1845 , in: Siebold, Fauna Japonica, 1 (Mamm.): 44 . Type Locality: "...tout l'Empire mais surtout dans l'île de Jezo", Nagasaki , Kyushu, Japan . Vernacular Names: Japanese Hare . Subspecies: : Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. brachyurus Temminck 1845 Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. angustidens Hollister 1912 Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. lyoni Kishida 1937 Subspecies Lepus brachyurus subsp. okiensis Thomas 1906 Distribution: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Oki Isls and Sado Isl ( Japan ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus uncertain. Gureev (1964:150) and Gromov and Baranova (1981:63) placed this species in genus Caprolagus , subgenus Allolagus , but Averianov (1998) in subgenus Eulagos ; see also comment under mandshuricus . Hirikawa et al. (1992) analyzed variation in the insular populations of L. b. okiensis . Reviewed by Imaizumi (1970 b ) .