Lepus habessinicus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 185-211 : 200

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Lepus habessinicus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832 , Symbolae Physicae, Mammalia, dec. 2: folio p, page 2, plate 15, f. 2.

Type Locality: "East coast of Abyssinia, Near Arkiko." (G. M. Allen, 1939:275.) .

Vernacular Names: Abyssinian Hare.

Synonyms: Lepus abyssinicus Lefebvre 1850 ; Lepus berberanus Heuglin 1861 ; Lepus cordeauxi Drake-Brockman 1911 ; Lepus crispii Drake-Brockman 1911 ; Lepus somalensis Heuglin 1861 ; Lepus tigrensis Blanford 1869 .

Distribution: Djibouti, E Ethiopia, Somalia, perhaps NE Kenya.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus undetermined. "This hare apparently replaces the Cape hare in the open grassland, steppe, savanna and desert habitats..." ( Flux and Angermann, 1990) in the Horn of Africa. Azzaroli-Puccetti (1987 a, b) provides evidence of full species status. "... appears to be sympatric with ‘ capensis ’ [hawkeri] and ‘crawshayi’ [microtus] in... Somalia and Ethiopia." (Petter, 1972:4).