#0517 · 🦊 mammals

Scrub Hare

🇳🇱 Struikhaas ·Lepus saxatilis

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © tjeerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © seasav · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Bob Meewis · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Wonga komanisi · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Bart Wursten · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. City Of Cape Town Rural, Cape Town, WC, ZA:© Maritza Van Rensburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. West Coast DC, South Africa:© Fiona Hellmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Namakwa, ZA-NC, ZA:© Kevin Murray · CC BY 4.0
10. Ladismith, 6655, South Africa:© Hugh Sussens · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The scrub hare ( Lepus saxatilis ) is one of two subspecies of hares found in southern Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. Although it is listed as a least critical species, the population has been declining and is expected to decline by 20% until the year 2104. The species is endemic to southern Africa and has not been seen in any other geographic locations around the world.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,729iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,729 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Frédéric Cuvier in 1823 (203 years ago).