Sungura

Question: Jina la mnyama wa sungura linatokana na nini?


Sungura ni wanyama wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia Leporidae ambao wanaweza kukimbia kwa kasi sana. Sungura wa Ulaya (Lepus europaeus) anaweza kwenda hata mpaka km 72 kwa saa. 
Huishi kwa upweke au kwa jozi, miili yao huweza kusharabu ya mvutano wa dunia wakati wa kukimbia, hivyo kuongeza kasi ya mbio. 
Kwa kawaida mnyama huyu mwenye aibu, sungura wa Ulaya, hubadilika tabia yake wakati wa masika ambapo sungura hawa dume huonekana wakati wa mchana wakifukuzana. Hii huwa ni mashindano ya sungura dume kutawala eneo kubwa na hivyo huwa na jike wengi wakati wa msimu huu. 
Sungura huonekana mpaka wakipigana kwelikweli. Kwa muda mrefu iliaminika kuwa mapigano haya yalikuwa baina ya dume wawili lakini sasa imefahamika kuwa baina ya jike na dume, labda huwa jike akikataa kujamiiana na wakati mwingine akimjaribu tu kama dume amejizatiti.
Sungura wanapatikana maeneo mengi sana na wameyazoea, na kuzaliana kwa haraka, hivyo hata uwindaji wao hauthaminiwi sana kama kwa wanyama wengine. Wakati fulani huko Amerika ya Kaskazini  walitumika sana kwa chakula, lakini kutokana na kiasi kidogo cha mafuta kwenye nyama zao hawatumuki kama chakula cha kutegemewa,  Sungura huandaliwa, huchomwa kama kawaida au kuliwa pamoja na mkate ama la.
Mtoto wa sungura huitwa kitungule.
Spishi za Afrika
Bunolagus monticularis, Sungura wa Karuu (Riverine Rabbit)
Lepus (Eulagos) starcki, Sungura-milima (Ethiopian Highland Hare)
Lepus (Proeulagus) capensis, Sungura wa Afrika (Cape Hare)
Lepus (Proeulagus) saxatilis, Sungura-mawe (Scrub Hare)
Lepus (Sabanalagus) fagani, Sungura Habeshi (Ethiopian Hare)
Lepus (Sabanalagus) microtis, Sungura-pori (African Savanna Hare)
Lepus habessinicus, Sungura Somali (Abyssinian Hare)
Oryctolagus cuniculus, Sungura wa Kizungu (European Rabbit)
Oryctolagus cuniculus "domesticus", Sungura-kaya (Domestic Rabbit)
Poelagus marjorita, Sungura wa Uganda (Uganda Grass Hare)
Pronolagus crassicaudatus, Sungura Mwekundu wa Natal (Natal Red Rock Hare)
Pronolagus randensis, Sungura Mwekundu wa Jameson (Jameson's Red Rock Hare)
Pronolagus rupestris, Sungura Mwekundu wa Smith au Kitungule (Smith's Red Rock Hare)
Spishi za mabara mengine
Brachylagus idahoensis (Pygmy Rabbit)
Caprolagus hispidus (Hispid Hare)
Lepus (Eulagos) castroviejoi (Broom Hare)
Lepus (Eulagos) comus (Yunnan Hare)
Lepus (Eulagos) coreanus (Korean Hare)
Lepus (Eulagos) corsicanus (Corsican Hare)
Lepus (Eulagos) europaeus (European Hare)
Lepus (Eulagos) granatensis (Granada Hare)
Lepus (Eulagos) mandschuricus (Manchurian Hare)
Lepus (Eulagos) oiostolus (Woolly Hare)
Lepus (Eulagos) townsendii (White-tailed Jackrabbit)
Lepus (Indolagus) hainanus (Hainan Hare)
Lepus (Indolagus) nigricollis (Indian Hare)
Lepus (Indolagus) peguensis (Burmese Hare)
Lepus (Lepus) arcticus (Arctic Hare)
Lepus (Lepus) othus (Alaskan Hare)
Lepus (Lepus) timidus (Mountain Hare)
Lepus (Macrotolagus) alleni (Antelope Jackrabbit)
Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus (Snowshoe Hare)
Lepus (Proeulagus) californicus (Black-tailed Jackrabbit)
Lepus (Proeulagus) callotis (White-sided Jackrabbit)
Lepus (Proeulagus) flavigularis (Tehuantepec Jackrabbit)
Lepus (Proeulagus) insularis (Black Jackrabbit)
Lepus (Proeulagus) tibetanus (Desert Hare)
Lepus (Proeulagus) tolai (Tolai Hare)
Lepus (Sinolagus) sinensis (Chinese Hare)
Lepus (Tarimolagus) yarkandensis (Yarkand Hare)
Lepus brachyurus (Japanese Hare)
Nesolagus netscheri (Sumatran Striped Rabbit)
Nesolagus timminsi (Annamite Striped Rabbit)
Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit)
Pentalagus furnessi (Amami Rabbit)
Romerolagus diazi (Volcano Rabbit)
Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani (Brush Rabbit)
Sylvilagus (Microlagus) mansuetus San Jose Brush Rabbit)
Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii (Desert Cottontail)
Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) cognatus (Manzano Mountain Cottontail)
Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) cunicularius (Mexican Cottontail)
Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)
Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) graysoni (Tres Marias Rabbit)
Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) nuttallii (Mountain Cottontail)
Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) obscurus  (Appalachian Cottontail au pengine Allegheny Cottontail)
Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) robustus (Robust Cottontail)
Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) transitionalis (New England Cottontail)
Sylvilagus (Tapeti) aquaticus (Swamp Rabbit)
Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis (Tapeti)
Sylvilagus (Tapeti) dicei (Dice's Cottontail)
Sylvilagus (Tapeti) insonus (Omilteme Cottontail)
Sylvilagus (Tapeti) palustris (Marsh Rabbit)
Sylvilagus (Tapeti) varynaensis (Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit)
Spishi za kabla ya historia
Aztlanolagus agilis (Pliocene na Pleistocene za Marekani ya kusini na Mexiko ya Kaskazini)
Serengetilagus praecapensis (Miocene hadi Pleistocene ya Chad, Kenya, Maroko na Tanzania)

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