Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Lagomorpha
Leporidae
Lepus
Lepus capensis

description: <i>Lepus capensis</i> Linnaeus, 1758. Sys. Nat., 10th ed., 1:58. TYPE LOCALITY: "ad Cap. b. Spei" [South Africa, Cape of Good Hope]. DISTRIBUTION: Africa in two separate, non-forested areas: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, S Angola, S Zambia (?), Mozambique; and to the north, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, countries of the Sahel and Sahara, and N Africa; thence eastward through the Sinai to the Arabian Peninsula, Jordan, S Syria, S Israel and W and S Iraq, west of the Euphrates River. STATUS: Populations have declined locally due to habitat alteration, but most are not threatened so far as is known (Flux and Angermann, 1990). SYNONYMS: <i>abbotti</i> Hollister, 1918; <i>abyssinicus</i> Lefebvre, 1850; <i>aegyptius</i> Desmarest, 1822; <i>aethiopicus</i> Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832; <i>aquilo</i> Thomas and Wroughton, 1907; <i>arabicus</i> Ehrenberg, 1833; <i>arenarius</i> I. Geoffroy, 1826; <i>atallahi</i> Harrison, 1972; <i>atlanticus</i> de Winton, 1898; <i>barcaeus</i> Ghigi, 1920; <i>bedfordi</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>berberanus</i> Heuglin, 1861; <i>carpi</i> Lundholm, 1955; <i>centralis</i> Thomas, 1903; <i>cheesmani</i> Thomas, 1921; <i>crispii</i> Drake-Brockman, 1911; <i>dinderus</i> Setzer, 1956; <i>ermeloensis</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>granti</i> Thomas and Schwann, 1904; <i>habessinicus</i> Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832; <i>hartensis</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>harterti</i> Thomas, 1903; <i>hawkeri</i> Thomas, 1901; <i>innesi</i> de Winton, 1902; <i>isabellinus</i> Cretzschmar, 1826; <i>jeffreyi</i> Harrison, 1980; <i>kabylicus</i> de Winton, 1898; <i>kalaharicus</i> Dollman, 1910; <i>langi</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>major</i> Grill, 1860; <i>mandatus</i> Thomas, 1926; <i>maroccanus</i> Cabrera, 1907; <i>narranus</i> Thomas, 1926; <i>ochropoides</i> Roberts, 1929; <i>ochropus</i> Wagner, 1844; <i>omanensis</i> Thomas, 1894; <i>pallidior</i> Barrett-Hamilton, 1898; <i>pediaeus</i> Cabrera, 1923; <i>rothschildi</i> de Winton, 1902; <i>salai</i> Jentink, 1880; <i>schlumbergeri</i> Remy-St. Loup, 1894; <i>sefranus</i> Thomas, 1913; <i>senegalensis</i> (Rochebrune, 1883); <i>sherif</i> Cabrera, 1906; <i>sinaiticus</i> Ehrenberg, 1833; <i>somalensis</i> Heuglin, 1861; <i>tigrensis</i> Blanford, 1869; <i>tunetae</i> de Winton, 1898; <i>vernayi</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>whitakeri</i> Thomas, 1902. COMMENTS: Subgenus <i>Proeulagus</i> (Gureev, 1964:202). Includes <i>arabicus;</i> formerly included <i>europaeus, corsicanus, granatensis,</i> and <i>tolai; see</i> Corbet (1978c:71), Angermann (1983:20), and Harrison and Bates (1991). Includes <i>habessinicus,</i> but see AzzaroliPuccetti (1987a, b) who considered <i>habessinicus</i> as distinct. The enigmatic form <i>connori,</i> often placed in <i>capensis</i> (Corbet, 1978c; Harrison and Bates, 1991) is provisionally placed in <i>europaeus</i> on the basis of pelage characteristics; see Angermann (1983:19). Most Russian authors consider <i>tolai</i> (including <i>tibetanus)</i> a distinct species; see Gromov and Baranova (1981:65); but also see Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987:229). Sludskii et al. (1980:58, 85) indicated an area of sympatry between <i>europaeus</i> and <i>tolai</i> in Kazakhstan. Sokolov and Orlov (1980:85) considered <i>tibetanus</i> a distinct species. Some Arabian forms may be specifically distinct (Flux and Angermann, 1990); Angermann (1983: 19) noted pronounced "size" groups within <i>arabicus.</i> These are <i>arabicus</i> (largest, gray), <i>cheesmani</i> (with insular <i>atallahi)</i> (smaller, buffy), and <i>omanensis</i> (with insular <i>jeffreyi)</i> (smallest, gray).
description: Published as part of <i>Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 807-827 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on pages 815-816, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353088
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