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South African Spring Hare

Pedetes capensis (Forster, 1778) — also called Southern African Springhaas, Southern African Springhare, Spring Hare. Occurrence records of the South African Spring Hare are shared on GBIF from around 12 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kruger National Park (23 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concern
12reserves with records
98records around them
3provinces
LCIUCN category
South African Spring Hare (Pedetes capensis)
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Kruger National ParkNational parkLP Limpopo23
Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserveNC Northern Cape19
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational parkEC Eastern Cape9
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier areaLP Limpopo8
Addo Elephant National ParkNational parkEC Eastern Cape7
Mokala National ParkNational parkNC Northern Cape6
Nyati ConcessionProtected areaEC Eastern Cape5
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserveEC Eastern Cape5
Wellington ParkNature reserveEC Eastern Cape5
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape5
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserveNC Northern Cape4
Waterberg BiosphereBiosphere reserveLP Limpopo2

By province

Eastern Cape
6 reserves
Northern Cape
3 reserves
Limpopo
3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Family
Pedetidae
Scientific name
Pedetes capensis
GBIF taxon
5219942
Wikidata
Q732890

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.