Occurrence record: 38603829

Human observation of Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 | Brown Hare recorded on 2024-09-19
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Overview

Occurrence ID 38603829
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 - Brown Hare
Licence CC-BY-NC
Record Date 2024-09-19 (Day)
Locality On a public road a few hundred metres southwest of Sourhope Farm, to the south of Town Yetholm.
Location Grid Reference: NT841199 Latitude: 55.473116 Longitude: -2.252284
Recorded by Andrew Dickson
Identification verification status Accepted

Dataset

Data partner Mammal Society
Data resource National Mammal Atlas Project, online recording
Collection code iRecord | General data

Abundance

Individual count 1

Organism

Life stage not recorded
Sex not recorded

Event

Occurrence date 2024-09-19
Date precision Day
Event date 2024-09-19
Event remarks What I think was a brown hare was dead on the road, probably after being struck by a motor vehicle. Hopefully the attached photo will help with identification.
Event ID 27634899

Taxonomy

Scientific name Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778
Supplied scientific name "Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778"
Common name Brown Hare
Taxon rank species
Name match metric Taxon GUID match
The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.
Species Lepus europaeus
Genus Lepus
Family Leporidae
Order Lagomorpha
Class Mammalia
Phylum Chordata
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NHMSYS0000080218
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon terrestrial
Establishment means taxon Non-native
Scientific name authorship Pallas, 1778

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province Scotland
Locality On a public road a few hundred metres southwest of Sourhope Farm, to the south of Town Yetholm.
Latitude (WGS84) 55.473116
Longitude (WGS84) -2.252284
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 70.7
Bbox 55.472665,-2.253072,55.473566,-2.251496
Grid size in meters 100
Easting 384100
Northing 619900
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-2.25307 55.47266,-2.25307 55.47357,-2.2515 55.47357,-2.2515 55.47266,-2.25307 55.47266))
Grid reference NT841199

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