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.

• Lagomorphs in Europe – Introduction ● Corsican hare  Lepus corsicanus ● Granada hare  Lepus granatensis ● European hare  Lepus europaeus ● Cape hare  Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758 ● Broom hare  Lepus castroviejoi ● Mountain hare Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758 ● European rabbit  Oryctolagus cuniculus ● Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus ● Barbary macaque  Macaca sylvanus