Primates and Lagomorpha

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

   • Bonaventura Majolo, Laëtitia Maréchal

   Pages 1-26

3. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

   • Miguel Delibes-Mateos, Heiko G. Rödel, Carlos Rouco, Paulo C. Alves, Miguel Carneiro, Rafael Villafuerte

   Pages 27-65

4. Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus (J. A. Allen, 1890)

   • Sandro Bertolino, David E. Brown, Jacopo Cerri, John L. Koprowski

   Pages 67-78

5. Cape Hare Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758

   • Massimo Scandura, Anna Maria De Marinis, Antonio Canu

   Pages 79-98

6. Broom Hare Lepus castroviejoi Palacios, 1977

   • Fernando Ballesteros, Paulo C. Alves

   Pages 99-110

7. Corsican Hare Lepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898

   • Francesco Maria Angelici

   Pages 111-129

8. European Hare Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778

   • Klaus Hackländer

   Pages 131-166

9. Iberian Hare Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer, 1856

   • Paulo C. Alves, Pelayo Acevedo, José Melo-Ferreira

   Pages 167-189

10. Mountain Hare Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758

    • Anders Angerbjörn, Stéphanie Claire Schai-Braun

    Pages 191-219

11. Back Matter

    Pages 221-225

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This volume provides comprehensive overviews of the primate’s and each lagomorph species’ biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality and age determination. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and management are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key literature. This authoritative volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European primates and lagomorphs and will appeal to academics and students in mammal research, as well as to professionals dealing with mammal management, including control, use and conservation.

• Leporidae
• Prolagidae
• Ochotona
• Cercopithecidae
• Lagomorphs
• hare biology
• rabbit biology
• steppe pika
• Barbary macaque

• Institut für Wildbiologie und Jagdwirtschaft, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU), Wien, Austria

  Klaus Hackländer

• Faculty of Sciences CIBIO-InBIO/BIOPOLIS, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal

  Paulo C. Alves

Klaus Hackländer studied Zoology at Philipps University Marburg/Lahn and the University of Vienna. He is currently a Full Professor of Wildlife Biology and Wildlife Management at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, where he also coordinates the master’s degree program on Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management. Hackländer is a member of numerous mammalogical societies and served as president of the German Society for Mammalian Biology from 2009 to 2016. He was Editor-in Chief of the journal Mammal Review from 2009 to 2015 and has coedited two books on the Lagomorpha, his favorite mammalian taxon. Hackländer’s research covers all aspects of mammalian biology, including ecology, behavior, physiology, diseases, and management.

Paulo Célio Alves is an associate professor of biology in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Porto and the head of the Conservation Genetics and Wildlife Management research group at CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetics Resources). The cofounder and president of the World Lagomorph Society, he is the coeditor of the book Lagomorph Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation.

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