
IUCN SSC

LAGOMORPH
SPECIALIST GROUP
THE IUCN RED LIST
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the gold standard for understanding the status of species. The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction. Each species is classified into one of nine categories: Not Evaluated, Data Deficient, Least Concern, Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Critically Endangered, Extinct in the Wild and Extinct. Threatened species (those in the Vulnerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangered categories) are further identified as to the reasons why they are considered threatened following one or more of five quantitative evaluation criteria. The process and methods used to formulate a Red List evaluation are portrayed on various tabs on the Red List Webpage:
https://www.iucnredlist.org/
The Red List status of any species can also be searched for on this page.
LAGOMORPH RED LIST CATEGORIES
The Lagomorph Specialist Group completed a re-assessment of the Red List status of all Lagomorph species from 2016-2018. Nearly all lagomorph species had been uploaded onto the IUCN Red List web site by 1 November 2019, with the remainder scheduled to be uploaded later in the year. Below are the new assessments of all species that have been uploaded, as well as the new assessment categories (indicated by an *) for species to be uploaded later this year.
Species Name - Common Name - Category
OCHOTONIDAE
Ochotona alpina - ALPINE PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona argentata - SILVER PIKA - Endangered [B1ab(iii)]
Ochotona cansus - GANSU PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona collaris - COLLARED PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona coreana - KOREAN PIKA - Data Deficient
Ochotona curzoniae - PLATEAU PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona dauurica - DAURIAN PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona erythrotis - CHINESE RED PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona forresti - FORREST'S PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona gloveri - GLOVER'S PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona hoffmanni - HOFFMANN'S PIKA - Endangered [B2ab(ii,iii,v)]
Ochotona hyperborea - NORTHERN PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona iliensis - ILI PIKA - Endangered [A2abc]
Ochotona koslowi - KOZLOV'S PIKA - Endangered [A2c]
Ochotona ladacensis - LADAK PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona macrotis - LARGE-EARED PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona mantchurica - MANCHURIAN PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona nubrica - NUBRA PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona opaca - KAZAKH PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona pallasii - PALLAS'S PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona princeps - AMERICAN PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona pusilla - STEPPE PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona roylei - ROYLE'S PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona rufescens - AFGHAN PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona rutila - TURKESTAN RED PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona sikimaria - SIKIM PIKA - Not Evaluated
Ochotona syrinx - QINLING PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona thibetana - MOUPIN PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona thomasi - THOMAS'S PIKA - Least Concern
Ochotona turuchanensis - TURUCHAN PIKA - Least Concern
LEPORIDAE
Brachylagus idahoensis - PYGMY RABBIT - Least Concern
Bunolagus monticularis - RIVERINE RABBIT - Critically Endangered [C2a(i)]
Caprolagus hispidus - HISPID HARE - Endangered [B2ab(ii,iii,v)]
Lepus alleni - ANTELOPE JACKRABBIT - Least Concern
Lepus americanus - SNOWSHOE HARE - Least Concern
Lepus arcticus - ARCTIC HARE - Least Concern
Lepus brachyurus - JAPANESE HARE - Least Concern
Lepus californicus - BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBIT - Least Concern
Lepus callotis - WHITE-SIDED JACKRABBIT - Vulnerable [A2bc]
Lepus capensis - CAPE HARE - Least Concern
Lepus castroviejoi - BROOM HARE - Vulnerable [B1ab(v)]
Lepus comus - YUNNAN HARE - Least Concern
Lepus coreanus - KOREAN HARE - Least Concern
Lepus corsicanus - CORSICAN HARE - Vulnerable [A2bcde]
Lepus europaeus - EUROPEAN HARE - Least Concern
Lepus fagani - ETHIOPIAN HARE - Least Concern
Lepus flavigularis * - TEHUANTEPEC JACKRABBIT - Endangered [A2bcd; B1ab(iii) + 2ab(iii)c(iv)]
Lepus granatensis - GRANADA HARE - Least Concern
Lepus habessinicus - ABYSSINIAN HARE - Least Concern
Lepus hainanus - HAINAN HARE - Endangered [B1ab(iii)]
Lepus insularis * - BLACK JACKRABBIT - Vulnerable [D1]
Lepus mandshuricus - MANCHURIAN HARE - Least Concern
Lepus nigricollis - INDIAN HARE - Least Concern
Lepus oiostolus - WOOLLY HARE - Least Concern
Lepus othus - ALASKAN HARE - Least Concern
Lepus peguensis - BURMESE HARE - Least Concern
Lepus saxatilis - SCRUB HARE - Least Concern
Lepus sinensis - CHINESE HARE - Least Concern
Lepus starcki - ETHIOPIAN HIGHLAND HARE - Least Concern
Lepus tibetanus - DESERT HARE - Least Concern
Lepus timidus - MOUNTAIN HARE - Least Concern
Lepus tolai - TOLAI HARE - Least Concern
Lepus townsendii - WHITE-TAILED JACKRABBIT - Least Concern
Lepus victoriae - AFRICAN SAVANNA HARE - Least Concern
Lepus yarkandensis - YARKAND HARE - Near Threatened [Nearly meets the criteria for Vulnerable A2]
Nesolagus netscheri - SUMATRAN STRIPED RABBIT - Data Deficient
Nesolagus timminsi - ANNAMITE STRIPED RABBIT - Endanagered [A2d + 3d + 4d]
Oryctolagus cuniculus *- EUROPEAN RABBIT - Endangered [A2a,b,c,e]
Pentalagus furnessi - AMAMI RABBIT - Endangered [B1ab(ii,iii,v); B2ab(ii,iii,v)]
Poelagus marjorita - BUNYORO RABBIT - Least Concern
Prolagus sardus * - SARDINIAN PIKA - Extinct
Pronolagus crassicaudatus - NATAL RED ROCK HARE - Least Concern
Pronolagus randensis - JAMESON'S RED ROCK HARE - Least Concern
Pronolagus rupestris - SMITH'S RED ROCK HARE - Least Concern
Pronolagus saundersiae - HEWITT'S RED ROCK HARE - Least Concern
Romerolagus diazi - VOLCANO RABBIT - Endangered [B1ab(i,ii,iii,v) + 2ab(i,ii,iii,v)]
Sylvilagus andinus - ANDEAN COTTONTAIL - Data Deficient
Sylvilagus aquaticus - SWAMP RABBIT - Least Concern
Sylvilagus audubonii - DESERT COTTONTAIL - Least Concern
Sylvilagus bachmani - BRUSH RABBIT - Least Concern
Sylvilagus brasiliensis - TAPETI - Data Deficien
Sylvilagus cognatus - MANZANO MOUNTAIN COTTONTAIL - Endangered [B1ab(iii)]
Sylvilagus cunicularius - MEXICAN COTTONTAIL - Least Concern
Sylvilagus dicei - DICE'S COTTONTAIL - Vulnerable [B1ab(iii)]
Sylvilagus floridanus - EASTERN COTTONTAIL - Least Concern
Sylvilagus gabbi - GABB’S COTTONTAIL - Least Concern
Sylvilagus graysoni * - TRES MARIAS COTTONTAIL - Endangered [B1ab(iii,v) + 2ab(iii,v)]
Sylvilagus insonus - OMILTEME COTTONTAIL - Data Deficient
Sylvilagus mansuetus - SAN JOSE BRUSH RABBIT - Critically Endangered [B1ab(ii,iii,v)]
Sylvilagus nuttallii - MOUNTAIN COTTONTAIL - Least Concern
Sylvilagus obscurus - APPALACHIAN COTTONTAIL - Near Threatened [Nearly meets the criteria for Vulnerable A2ce]
Sylvilagus palustris - MARSH RABBIT - Least Concern
Sylvilagus robustus * - ROBUST COTTONTAIL - Vulnerable [B2ab(iii)]
Sylvilagus santaemartae * - SANTA MARTA COTTONTAIL - Data Deficient
Sylvilagus tapetillus * - RIO DE JANEIRO DWARF COTTONTAIL - Vulnerable [D2]
Sylvilagus transitionalis - NEW ENGLAND COTTONTAIL - Vulnerable [A2ace]
Sylvilagus varynaensis - VENEZUELAN LOWLAND RABBIT - Data Deficient