Lepus microtis

von Heuglin, 1865

African Savanna Hare

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Genus : Lepus
Subgenus : Sabanalagus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heuglin, T. von. 1865-06. Weitere Einsendung an die Kaiserl. Leopold.-Carol. deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften, mit zoologischen Notizen aus Afrika. Leopoldina 5(3-4):32-36.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45504151

Original name as described

Lepus microtis

Type material

SMNS 1116

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Lande der Ridj," Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Algeria · Morocco · Mauritania · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Rwanda · Burundi · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana · Eswatini · Lesotho · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

this species has been known under the name victoriae, but microtis has priority and is used here (although some authors have considered microtis a nomen nudum)

Taxonomy notes citation

Happold, D. 2013. Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits. In: Kingdon, J., Happold, D., Butynski, T., Hoffmann, M., Happold, M., and Kalina, J. (eds), Mammals of Africa, Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001109

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lepus victoriae

O. Thomas, 1893

Family

Leporidae

Root name

victoriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.5.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/86e3416b-e302-44a0-be24-77b1efa185d1

Authority page

268

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344040

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Lyon (1904:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  3. Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  4. Allen (1909:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)
  5. Aver'yanov (1998:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67339)
  6. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  7. Happold (2013:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41879/45194215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus whytei

O. Thomas, 1894

Family

Leporidae

Root name

whytei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.1.25.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9eff0787-c487-4646-8996-91ed1ee85f96

Authority page

142

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:938, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Lyon (1904:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  3. Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Lepus crawshayi

de Winton, 1899

Family

Leporidae

Root name

crawshayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.2.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e07d370e-85ed-4aef-8215-62f5b376d407

Authority page

416

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30951445

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus saxatilis zuluensis

O. Thomas & Schwann, 1905

Family

Leporidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.12.3.91

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78cec5ae-2c14-4b45-89eb-e391e614f96e

Authority page

270

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856802

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus angolensis

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.9.140

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12086024-04e2-4464-8752-24e3869b84fc

Authority page

420

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108506

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Lepus Ansorgei

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1905

Family

Leporidae

Root name

ansorgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.5.9.80

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/37aa30c2-98ee-4931-8758-e97d210d2e3f

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214803

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus zuluensis micklemi

Chubb, 1908

Family

Leporidae

Root name

micklemi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.5.2.1

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ad594894-5baa-4dc9-8e97-8e4c6ecf453d

Authority page

466

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296201

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus canopus

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1921

Family

Leporidae

Root name

canopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.11.138

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ba2975f-5132-4e36-b079-7c66c6aca4f9

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3152467

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus capensis herero

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Leporidae

Root name

herero

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.4.210

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e6aac11b-faa7-4ead-88c2-af3d450895c1

Authority page

308

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus ansorgei zairensis

Hatt, 1935

Family

Leporidae

Root name

zairensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 9936

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

423

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus microtis

von Heuglin, 1865

Family

Leporidae

Root name

microtis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 1116

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45504151

Authority publication

Leopoldina

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Lepus raineyi

E. Heller, 1912

Family

Leporidae

Root name

raineyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181808

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/383c98c36-1e7c-45e2-ad4b-92a83aef96ab

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814886

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus kakumegae

E. Heller, 1912

Family

Leporidae

Root name

kakumegae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181809

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/396d1189d-f66a-41a6-89fb-86143cd6fa49

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814887

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus zuluensis

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Leporidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439558

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Lepus microtis angolensis

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus microtis microtis

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

microtis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus microtis senegalensis

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus microtis whytei

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

whytei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus victoriae angolensis

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Leporidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus victoriae senegalensis

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Leporidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lepus victoriae victoriae

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Leporidae

Root name

victoriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Cuniculus senegalensis

(de Rochebrune, 1883)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187573

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Lepus zechi

Matschie, 1899

Family

Leporidae

Root name

zechi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791379

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus angolensis meridionalis

Monard, 1933

Family

Leporidae

Root name

meridionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

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