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--> GENUS Pedetes
SPECIES Pedetes surdaster
| Author: | Thomas, 1902. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9: 440. | | Common Name: | East African Spring Hare | | Type Locality: | Kenya, Naivasha Prov., Mordat, mile 365 of Uganda Railway. | | Distribution: | Tanzania, Kenya. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable (as included in P. capensis?). | | Comments: | A distinct species according to Thomas (1902), Hollister (1918), Coe (1969), and Davies (1982). The separation of surdaster from capensis was strongly supported by Matthee and Robinson (1997) based upon genetic, morphological, and ethological differences between the East African and South African Springhares. There is no proof of the validity of subspecies. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
currax Hollister, 1918
dentatus Miller, 1927
larvalis Hollister, 1918
taborae G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1927
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