Cape scrub hare

Cape scrub hare
Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Species:
L. saxatilis
Binomial name
Lepus saxatilis
F. Cuvier, 1823
      range
Synonyms
List
    • Lepus timidus A. Smith, 1826
    • Lepus rufinucha A. Smith, 18291
    • Lepus longicaudatus J. E. Gray, 1837
    • Lepus fumigatus J. A. Wagner, 1844
    • Lepus grayi Fitzinger, 1867
    • Lepus zuluensis subrufus A. Roberts, 1913
    • Lepus gungunyanae A. Roberts, 1914
    • Lepus zuluensis damarensis A. Roberts, 1926

The Cape scrub hare (Lepus saxatilis) (Afrikaans: ribbokhaas) is a species of hare found in South Africa and Namibia. Although it is listed as a least concern species, the population has been declining and is expected to decline by 20% over the next 100 years, according to a 2004 report.

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