Pedetes capensis (Forster 1778)

[Yerbua] capensis Forster 1778, K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm (1), 39: 109.

Type Locality: South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope.

Vernacular Names: South African Spring Hare.

Synonyms: Pedetes albaniensis Roberts 1946; Pedetes angolae Hinton 1920; Pedetes cafer (Pallas 1778); Pedetes damarensis Roberts 1926; Pedetes fouriei Roberts 1938; Pedetes orangiae Wroughton 1907; Pedetes salinae Wroughton 1907; Pedetes typicus A. Smith 1834 .

Distribution: South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, S Dem. Rep. Congo.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: See Misonne (1974, pt. 6:8); de Graaff (1981:43). According to Matthee and Robinson (1997), there is no proof of the validity of subspecies.