Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Rodentia
- ---- family: Pedetidae
- ----- species: Pedetes capensis
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Characteristics: | omnivore; body-length: 35-45 cm; the Springhare is actually a rodent; with its powerful hind legs and the short forelegs it resembles a small kangaroo (though unrelated), it can leap over 2m in one jump; the colour of the coat varies from pale grey to reddish brown, the underparts are white; the long tail always has a broad black tip; it has long ears and conspicuously large eyes; |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
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References: | Cillié 1997: 190 |