Pedetes capensis (Forster 1778)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Pedetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1535-1535 : 1535

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scientific name	Pedetes capensis (Forster 1778)
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[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.