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<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FD0CFBFDFC0AF226" box="[679,961,1094,1144]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Lepus victoriae</emphasis>
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/
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<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FD68FB77FC94F2B3" bold="true" box="[707,863,1228,1261]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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,
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<materialsCitation id="3B439843B75FFFE1FD6EFB49FACAF34D" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3805018319" box="[709,1281,1266,1299]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">“Lande der Ridj,” Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan.</materialsCitation>
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It was formerly included with
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and has various synonyms that are still under debate (
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, crawshayi, whytei, and macrotis). Some taxonomic confusion has arisen because the skull of the type specimen of
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FC9EFA64FC57F05E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1893" box="[821,924,1503,1536]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="victoriae">victoriae</taxonomicName>
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is missing and because the type of whytei seems to be aberrant and not typical of others in nearby localities. The form whytei seems to be close to but distinguishable from
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FE92F9C6FE66F0C0" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" box="[313,429,1661,1694]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fagani">L. fagani</taxonomicName>
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, and the wide geographical separation between these two forms merits recognition of whytei as a valid species. Also crawshayi might be a valid species. On the other hand,it is under discussion whether whytei and crawshayi might be subspecies of
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FF22F948FEECF14A" authorityName="F. Cuvier" authorityYear="1823" box="[137,295,1779,1812]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricollis">L. nigricollis</taxonomicName>
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. Moreover,
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FE64F948FD96F14A" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1893" box="[463,605,1779,1812]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="victoriae">L. victoriae</taxonomicName>
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may be considered as the northern allospecies of the southern
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FEB6F8A0FE6CF162" authorityName="F. Cuvier" authorityYear="1823" box="[285,423,1819,1852]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="saxatilis">L. saxatilis</taxonomicName>
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. This species is widely sympatric with
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FC00F8A0FBFFF162" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[939,1076,1819,1852]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capensis">L. capensis</taxonomicName>
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and alloparatric to parapatric with
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FEC9F8F9FE27F13D" authorityName="F. Cuvier" authorityYear="1823" box="[354,492,1858,1891]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="saxatilis">L. saxatilis</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FD98F8F9FD3AF13D" authorityName="Hemprich & Ehrenberg" authorityYear="1832" box="[563,753,1858,1891]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="habessinicus">L. habessinicus</taxonomicName>
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. As taxonomists are still trying to clarify the species differentiation in
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FE5DF8D1FD8BF1D5" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[502,576,1898,1931]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Lepus</taxonomicName>
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, the subspecific taxonomy is not elaborated yet. The original descriptions of the subspecies are often not very helpful as they are mostly based on few exterior characteristics and small numbers of individuals. It has been shown that the variability is clinal in more careful investigations. Hence, the distinction in subspecies might be arbitrary and unreasonable. Four subspecies recognized.
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<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FFC8F78FFE38FE0F" bold="true" box="[99,499,2100,2129]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Subspecies and Distribution.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FFCFF7E4FD4EFE26" authority="Thomas, 1893" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1893" box="[100,645,2143,2168]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="victoriae" subSpecies="victoriae">L.v.victoriaeThomas,1893—Tanzania.</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FFCFF7C5FD4FFEC1" authority="Thomas, 1904" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1904" box="[100,644,2174,2207]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="victoriae" subSpecies="angolensis">L.v.angolensisThomas,1904—Angola.</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FFCFF71EFC6BFE98" authority="Rochebrune, 1883" authorityName="Rochebrune" authorityYear="1883" box="[100,928,2213,2246]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="victoriae" subSpecies="senegalensis">L.v.senegalensisRochebrune,1883—Senegal,TheGambia.</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FFCFF776FE0FFEB0" authority=": Thomas, 1894" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1894" box="[100,452,2253,2286]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="victoriae" subSpecies="whyte" variety="whyte">L. v. whyte: Thomas, 1894</taxonomicName>
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— Malawi.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B94921EB75FFFE1FFC8F748FDD0FF84" blockId="24.[98,1306,1661,3466]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">The African Savanna Hare is present from the Atlantic coast of NW Africa (Western Sahara S to Guinea), E across the Sahel to Sudan and the extreme W Ethiopia, S through E Africa (E DR Congo, Uganda, W Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania) to most of Angola, Zambia, Malawi, NE Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, E South Africa, Swaziland, and Lesotho; a small isolated population exists near Beni Abbas in the Sahara Desert in W Algeria.</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection id="C331C195B75FFFE1FFCFF65BFB28FDEC" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8B94921EB75FFFE1FFCFF65BFB28FDEC" blockId="24.[98,1306,1661,3466]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">
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<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FFCFF65BFE93FC5F" bold="true" box="[100,344,2528,2561]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head—body 420-580 mm,tail 68-121 mm, ear 90-120 mm, hindfoot 103-127 mm; weight 1:4.3-2 kg. The African Savanna Hare is medium-sized and has soft butslightly coarse fur. Dorsal pelage, crown of head, and nasal region are brown, grizzled with black. Flanks are buff. Lips, cheeks, and areas around eyes are grayish. Ventral fur is white or buff. Chin is white, and collar is rufous or buffy. Lateral profile of head is shallowly and smoothly convex. Throat is buffy brown. Ears are of medium length, brownish and grizzled. Ear tips are black on outer and inner surfaces. Nuchal patch is characteristically orange to brownish orange. Forelimbs are long and buffy brown; hindlimbs are cinnamon-brown. Hindfeet are cinnamon-brown above and brown below. Tail is medium-sized and black or dark brown above and white laterally and below. Fur color varies geographically, but this might be due to the unclear species status. Montane forms of the African Savanna Hare are more rufous and darker than lowland forms.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C331C195B75FFFE1FFCEF403FDFCFA99" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph id="8B94921EB75FFFE1FFCEF403FDFCFA99" blockId="24.[98,1306,1661,3466]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">
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<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FFCEF403FF1FFD87" bold="true" box="[101,212,3000,3033]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Scrub, bush, and grassland habitats, preferring scrubby and montane habitats. The African Savanna Hare occurs in mountain regions up to ¢.3600 m on Mount Kenya and is also recorded in semiarid grasslands. It coexists with the Cape Hare (
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FFD8F395FECBFA11" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[115,256,3118,3151]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capensis">L. capensis</taxonomicName>
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) over much of its distribution; they are separated largely by habitat. African Savanna Hares have been recorded in grassland associations of
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FC5DF3EEFBADFA28" box="[1014,1126,3157,3190]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Themeda" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Themeda</taxonomicName>
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triandra and
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FFCCF3C6FF13FAC0" box="[103,216,3197,3230]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Imperata" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Imperata</taxonomicName>
|
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cylindrical (both
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FE65F3C6FD8BFAC0" authorityName="Barnhart" authorityYear="1895" baseAuthorityName="R.Br." box="[462,576,3197,3230]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
|
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) in Ruanda-Urundi and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FC1BF3C6FBA6FAC0" box="[944,1133,3197,3230]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Tarchonanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Tarchonanthus</taxonomicName>
|
||
camphoratus (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FFD8F311FEC7FA99" box="[115,268,3242,3271]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Asteraceae</taxonomicName>
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) scrub in East Africa.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C331C195B75FFFE1FFCDF370FB08FB62" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" type="food_feeding">
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<paragraph id="8B94921EB75FFFE1FFCDF370FB08FB62" blockId="24.[98,1306,1661,3466]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">
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<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FFCDF370FEA6FAB2" bold="true" box="[102,365,3275,3308]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
|
||
The African Savanna Hare is herbivorous. Based on fecal analysis, diet in Kenya consisted of grasses (35%) such as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FC8CF34CFC03FB4A" box="[807,968,3319,3348]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Digitaria" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">Digitaria sp.</taxonomicName>
|
||
(18%),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FBEDF34CFADDFB4A" box="[1094,1302,3319,3348]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Hyparrhenia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">Hyparrhenia sp.</taxonomicName>
|
||
(11%), and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1FEBEF2A4FE49FB62" box="[277,386,3359,3388]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Cynodon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cynodon</taxonomicName>
|
||
dactylon (4%) and dicotyledons (1%). Diets vary by habitat.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C331C195B75FFFE1FFCCF2FDF9B9F701" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" type="breeding">
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||
<paragraph id="8B94921EB75FFFE1FFCCF2FDF9B9F701" blockId="24.[98,1306,1661,3466]" lastBlockId="24.[1367,2577,278,831]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">
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||
<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FFCCF2FDFF26FB3D" bold="true" box="[103,237,3398,3427]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Breeding.</emphasis>
|
||
In Uganda, 100% of female African Savanna Hares were pregnant in all months except May and November when only 80% were pregnant. Mean litter size was 1-6 young, and numbers of litters per year were 6-8, resulting in a mean of 11-2 young/female/year.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C331C195B75FFFE1FAF3FEDEF715F7D8" box="[1368,2270,357,390]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" type="activity">
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||
<paragraph id="8B94921EB75FFFE1FAF3FEDEF715F7D8" blockId="24.[1367,2577,278,831]" box="[1368,2270,357,390]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">
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||
<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FAF3FEDEF988F7D8" bold="true" box="[1368,1603,357,390]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
|
||
The African Savanna Hare is strictly nocturnal.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C331C195B75FFFE1FAF2FE2BF975F7A2" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" type="biology_ecology">
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||
<paragraph id="8B94921EB75FFFE1FAF2FE2BF975F7A2" blockId="24.[1367,2577,278,831]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">
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||
<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FAF2FE2BF7EFF7F3" bold="true" box="[1369,2084,400,429]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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Home ranges of African Savanna Hares are 5-10 ha. They live mostly alone but are sometimes seen in groups of 2-3 individuals while feeding.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C331C195B75FFFE1FAF1FDBDF644F49F" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" type="conservation">
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<paragraph id="8B94921EB75FFFE1FAF1FDBDF644F49F" blockId="24.[1367,2577,278,831]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">
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||
<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FAF1FDBDF97DF47D" bold="true" box="[1370,1718,518,547]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
|
||
Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List (as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C2BE99DB75FFFE1F60BFDBDFAB6F414" authorityName="Heuglin" authorityYear="1865" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">L. microtis</taxonomicName>
|
||
). The African Savanna Hare is widespread, but no data are available on its population status. Status of a small isolated population in western Algeria is uncertain and needs assessment. Threats to the African Savanna Hare are unknown, but its uncertain taxonomy makesit difficult to thoroughly understand its conservation status.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C331C195B75FFFE1FAF0FD6AF75EF567" pageId="24" pageNumber="131" type="bibRefCitation_list">
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<paragraph id="8B94921EB75FFFE1FAF0FD6AF75EF567" blockId="24.[1367,2577,278,831]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">
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<emphasis id="B95F4E0CB75FFFE1FAF0FD6AFA3FF4B4" bold="true" box="[1371,1524,721,746]" pageId="24" pageNumber="131">Bibliography.</emphasis>
|
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Allen, G.M. (1939), Angermann (2016), Azzaroli-Puccetti (1987b), Curry-Lindahl (1961), Flux (1981a, 1981b), Flux & Angermann (1990), Flux & Flux (1983), Happold (2013c), Hoffmann & Smith (2005), Lissovsky (2016), Petter (1959), Smith & Johnston (2008c), Stewart (1971a).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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