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Lepus capensis (cape hare)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Lepus capensis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. etruscus, L. granatensis, L. mediterraneus, L. tanaiticus, L. terraerubrae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Lepus capensis Linnaeus p. 58
1911Lepus capensis Thomas p. 145

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
subfamilyLeporinaeTrouessart 1880
genusLepus
speciescapensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 [cape hare]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:52:57
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Lepus capensis (59167)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Lepus capensis (21545 21625 21626 21627 21681)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Lepus capensis (22342)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Lepus capensis (22489)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Lepus capensis (22511)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Lepus capensis (21963)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Lepus capensis (21886 21892 21898 21899 21905 21906)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Lepus capensis (21916 21929 21953)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Lepus capensis (22536 22543)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt Lepus capensis (21883)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Libya Lepus capensis (21884)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Lepus capensis (21711 21949 21950 21952)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Lepus capensis (21923)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Lepus capensis (192424 192425)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Lepus capensis (34330)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Lepus capensis (21276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Lepus capensis (96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Lepus capensis (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Lepus capensis (93828)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Lepus capensis (21880 21881 21882)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Lepus capensis (21932 21933 21936)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Lepus capensis (21930)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Lepus capensis (21693)