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--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Lepus
--> SUBGENUS ? [uncertain]
SPECIES Lepus (? [uncertain]) habessinicus
| Author: | Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832. | | Citation: | Symbolae Physicae, Mammalia(dec. 2): folio p, page 2, plate 15, f. 2. | | Common Name: | Abyssinian Hare | | Type Locality: | "East coast of Abyssinia, Near Arkiko." (G. M. Allen, 1939:275.) | | Distribution: | Djibouti, E Ethiopia, Somalia, perhaps NE Kenya. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus undetermined. "This hare apparently replaces the Cape hare in the open grassland, steppe, savanna and desert habitats..." (Flux and Angermann, 1990) in the Horn of Africa. Azzaroli-Puccetti (1987 a, b) provides evidence of full species status. "... appears to be sympatric with ‘capensis’ [hawkeri] and ‘crawshayi’ [microtus] in...Somalia and Ethiopia." (Petter, 1972:4). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
abyssinicus Lefebvre, 1850
berberanus Heuglin, 1861
cordeauxi Drake-Brockman, 1911
crispii Drake-Brockman, 1911
somalensis Heuglin, 1861
tigrensis Blanford, 1869
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