Cape hare: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Cape hare Lepus capensis Least concern

Where the Cape hare lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)IntroducedRepresentative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 17,960 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See rabbits, hares & pikas on the world map

Scientific name	Lepus capensis
Group	Rabbits, hares & pikas
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Lagomorpha
Family	Leporidae

Where does the Cape hare live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Cape hare in 5 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and Oceania. In Italy it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Cape hare endangered?

The Cape hare’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Cape hare?

The Cape hare (Lepus capensis) is a mammal in the order Lagomorpha and the family Leporidae, genus Lepus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Cape hare

The Cape hare (Lepus capensis), also called the brown hare and the desert hare, is a hare native to Africa and Arabia extending into India.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cape hare (revision 1356863716), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q748185 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).