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SPECIES Pedetes capensis
Author: | Forster, 1778. | Citation: | K. Svenska Vet.-Akad., Handl. Stockholm (1), 39: 109. | Common Name: | South African Spring Hare | Type Locality: | South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope. | Distribution: | South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, S Dem. Rep. Congo. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | See Misonne (1974, pt. 6:8); de Graaff (1981:43). According to Matthee and Robinson (1997), there is no proof of the validity of subspecies. |
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albaniensis Roberts, 1946 angolae Hinton, 1920 cafer (Pallas, 1778) damarensis Roberts, 1926 fouriei Roberts, 1938 orangiae Wroughton, 1907 salinae Wroughton, 1907 typicus A. Smith, 1834
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