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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

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